Bama

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See also: bama, b́aḿa, and bàmā

English

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Etymology

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Clipping of Alabama.

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Bama

  1. (colloquial) Alabama.
  2. (colloquial) The University of Alabama.
    • 2022, “Hell of a Way to Go”, performed by Riley Green:
      Or maybe on a fifty-yard line
      Watchin' 'Bama beat the hell out of Tennessee
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Galician

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Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Etymology

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Documented in 912 as Vama. A Celtic place name: from Proto-Celtic *uɸo- (“under”) + Proto-Celtic *-amo-, a superlative suffix.[1] From Proto-Indo-European *(s)úp-m̥mo- (“uppermost”): Latin summus, Sanskrit उपम (upama), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌼𐌰 (auhuma).

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Bama f

  1. A parish of Touro, A Coruña, Galicia
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References

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  1. ^ Moralejo, Juan José (2009). "Hidronimia prerromana de Gallaecia". In Kremer, Dieter. Onomástica galega II : onimia e onomástica prerromana e a situación lingüística do noroeste peninsular : actas do segundo coloquio, Leipzig, 17 3 18 de outubro de 2008. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, page 83. →ISBN.

Swahili

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

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Bama

  1. Burma (a country in Southeast Asia)
    • 2015, Ahmed E. Ndalu, “Kamusi Teule ya Kiswahili”, in BBC Swahili‎[1], page 38:
      Askari wamewabamba wale maharamia waliowaua raia hapa Bama.
      The soldiers have captured the pirates who killed civilians in Burma.
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