Buga

Buga

See also: buɢa, buga, and buğa

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Russian and Ukrainian Буга (Buha), perhaps from Proto-Slavic *buga.

Proper noun

Buga (plural Bugas)

  1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Буга (Buga).
  2. A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Буга (Buha).

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Syllabification: Bu‧ga

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from German Buge, Buck.

    Proper noun

    Buga m pers

    1. a male surname from German
    Declension

    Proper noun

    Buga f (traditional married form Bużyna, traditional unmarried form Bużanka)

    1. a female surname from German
    Declension

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Spanish Buga.

      Proper noun

      Buga f

      1. Buga (a city in Valle del Cauca department, Colombia)
      Declension

      Etymology 3

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Proper noun

      Buga m inan

      1. genitive singular of Bug

      Further reading

      • Buga in PWN's encyclopedia
      • Buga”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

      Romanian

      Etymology

      From bugă.

      Proper noun

      Buga m (genitive/dative lui Buga)

      1. a surname

      References

      • Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

      Serbo-Croatian

      Etymology

      Uncertain.

      Proper noun

      Buga m anim (Cyrillic spelling Буга)

      1. a male given name

      Further reading

      • Buga”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026