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Bowie
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bowie
Translingual
Etymology 1
Proper noun
A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist James Bowie (botanist) (1789-1869).
Further reading
Author query of the International Plant Names Index
Etymology 2
After David Bowie, one of whose songs was Ziggy Stardust (song) Ziggy Stardust, including the lyric "spiders from Mars".
Proper noun
1 m
genus family Ctenidae certain spiders from 2022
Hypernyms
genus ; Cteninae subfamily - subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Bowie rebelrebel species - type species
References
Bowie (spider) Bowie (spider)
Bowie (Jäger) Bowie (Jäger)
mul Botanical author abbreviations
English
Etymology
From en ga Ó Buadhaigh and en gd Mac 'Ille Bhuidh.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbəʊ.i/ /ˈbaʊ.i/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bowie.wav Southern England
en /ˈboʊ.i/ /ˈbaʊ.i/ /ˈbu.i/ GA
en buoy one pronunciation
en əʊi 2
Proper noun
en.
en place c/USA:
en CDP co/Cochise County s/Arizona, named after Fort Bowie.
en ucomm co/Delta County s/Colorado.
en city co/Prince George's County s/Maryland.
en city co/Montague County s/Texas.
Derived terms
en bowieite Bowiean Bowie County Bowie knife Bowieite Bowiesque
Translations
surname
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 鮑伊 Bàoyī
Georgian: ka ბოუი
Japanese: ja ボウイ Boui
Korean: ko ^보위
Marathi: mr बोई
Russian: ru Бо́уи m f
Noun
en Bowie knife.
en eponyms