Bay

See also: bay, bây, bẫy, bảy, and baþ

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology 1

From Somali [Term?].

Proper noun

Bay

1. A region of Somalia.

Further reading

• Bay, Somalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From bay.

Proper noun

the Bay

1. (informal) Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area. (metropolitan area in California); A region of California, United States
2. (informal) Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay.; A bay of the Pacific in California, United States

Translations

area

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 灣區／湾区 (waan¹ keoi¹)

  Mandarin: 灣區／湾区 (Wānqū)

bay

• Spanish: La Bahía

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} La Baie (fr)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} Contae Bá Naoimh Proinsias

Further reading

• San Francisco Bay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Proper noun

Bay (plural Bays)

1. A surname

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bay is the 5477^th 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

• Aby, YBA, aby

Danish

Proper noun

Bay

1. a surname.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Bae, Bai, Ba'e, Ba'i — colloquial
• Vahi — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈʔi/, [bɐˈʔi]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaj/, [ˈbaɪ̯] (spelling influence)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbej/, [ˈbɛɪ̯] (English influence, proscribed)
• Syllabification: Ba‧y

Proper noun

Baý (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜁ)

1. Bay (a municipality of Laguna, Philippines)

Further reading

• Bay, Laguna on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl