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Bowie

//ˈboʊ.i// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, named after Fort Bowie.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Delta County, Colorado.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A city in Prince George's County, Maryland.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A city in Montague County, Texas.
Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of Bowie knife. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  2. 2
    A Bowie knife.

    "[…] replied that he found it good diggings, and intended to remain, adding that he had a bowie as well as a fossicking knife."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Irish Ó Buadhaigh and Scottish Gaelic Mac 'Ille Bhuidh.

Etymology 2

From Irish Ó Buadhaigh and Scottish Gaelic Mac 'Ille Bhuidh.

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