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Bogue

//boʊɡ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    An important strait in the Pearl River Delta between Guangzhou and the South China Sea. usually
  3. 3
    A town in Kansas.
  4. 4
    A town in North Carolina.
Noun
  1. 1
    A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
  2. 2
    A bayou or waterway. Southern-US, especially
Verb
  1. 1
    To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Related to Spanish boga (“a ray-finned fish; Leporinus obtusidens”), from Late Latin bōca, bōx; Box vulgaris is an older name for Boops boops. Compare the obsolete term boce for this fish.

Etymology 2

From Cajun French, from Choctaw bok (“creek, stream”). Doublet of bayou.

Etymology 3

Related to Spanish bogar (“to row”), Old French voguer (“to sway, move along”).

Etymology 4

In reference to the Chinese strait, a corruption of Portuguese Boca do Tigre (literally “Mouth of the Tiger”), a calque of the Chinese name 虎門 /虎门 (Hǔmén, literally “Tiger Gate”).

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