"Bugeja" meaning in Maltese

See Bugeja in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: * From the city and port Bejaia in Algeria. * Possibly also a Maltese form of Sicilian Bug(g)ea, from Ancient Greek βουκαῖος (boukaîos, “cowherd”) (see βουκόλος (boukólos)). * Also from Italian (Sicilian and Salentine) bbuggia (“poacher's bag”). Etymology templates: {{der|mt|scn|Bug(g)ea}} Sicilian Bug(g)ea, {{der|mt|grc|βουκαῖος|t=cowherd}} Ancient Greek βουκαῖος (boukaîos, “cowherd”), {{der|mt|it|-}} Italian Head templates: {{mt-proper noun}} Bugeja
  1. a surname
    Sense id: en-Bugeja-mt-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Maltese surnames

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