What does "baku" mean?

A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares.

Baku

Common synonyms include: azerbaijan capital, azerbaijan's capital, baku-related, bakuan, capital city, metropolis of azerbaijan.

/bɑːˈkuː/ name, noun

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Noun

1
A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares. Japanese
"2005, David Booth, Story Drama, 2nd edition, Pembroke Publishers, page 49, The creature explained that he was a baku. A baku eats dreams and nightmares. To a baku, a bad dream is delicious!"

Proper Noun

1
The capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
"COPs have been held in petrostates before. But fossil fuel interests appeared truly unleashed in Baku — potentially emboldened by the imminent arrival of Donald Trump in the White House, a man who has vowed to “drill, baby, drill” and pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement."

"Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan."

Etymology 1

From Classical Persian بَاکُو (bākū). For further etymology, see Baku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 獏 (“spirit that feeds on nightmares”).