Bay

Bay

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bay"

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology 1

    From Somali [Term?].

    Proper noun

    Bay

    1. A region of Somalia.
    Further reading

    Etymology 2

    From bay.

    Proper noun

    the Bay

    1. (informal) Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area (metropolitan area in California): a geographic region of California, United States.
    2. (informal) Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay: a bay of the Pacific Ocean in California, United States.
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    Further reading

    Proper noun

    Bay (plural Bays)

    1. A surname

    Statistics

    • According to the 2010 United States Census, Bay is the 5477th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6,350 individuals. Bay is most common among White (59.0%) and Black/African American (34.6%) individuals. [1]

    Anagrams

    Danish

    Proper noun

    Bay

    1. a surname

    Somali

    Etymology

    From Arabic جَلْجَدُود (jaljadūd).

    Proper noun

    Bay

    1. Bay (a region of Somalia)

    Tagalog

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Possibly related to *bahi (woman; female) (cf. babae). The letter y was also used for /i/ in Spanish orthography (cf. ylang-ylang). English-influenced pronunciation is from English bay.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog)
      • IPA(key): /baˈʔi/ [bɐˈʔɪ]
        • Rhymes: -i
        • Syllabification: Ba‧y
      • IPA(key): /ˈbaj/ [ˈbaɪ̯] (spelling influence)
        • Rhymes: -aj
        • Syllabification: Bay
      • IPA(key): /ˈbej/ [ˈbeɪ̯] (English influence, proscribed)
        • Rhymes: -ej
        • Syllabification: Bay
      • IPA(key): /baˈʔiʔ/ [bɐˈʔɪʔ] (obsolete)
        • Syllabification: Ba‧y

    Proper noun

    Baý (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜁ or ᜊᜌ᜔)

    1. Bay (a municipality of Laguna, Philippines)

    See also

    Further reading

    • Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 75
    • Bay, Laguna on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia tl