Bilbao

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bilbao, of Basque origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪlˈbaʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aʊ

Proper noun

Bilbao

1. The largest city in the Basque Country, in northern Spain, and capital city of the province of Biscay, Spain.

Derived terms

• Bilbaoan
• Bilbao effect
• bilbo
• bilboes

 

Translations

city of northern Spain

• Arabic: بِلْبَاو f (bilbāw)
• Aragonese: Bilbau
• Asturian: Bilbao (ast)
• Basque: Bilbo (eu)
• Bulgarian: Билба́о (Bilbáo)
• Catalan: Bilbao
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 畢爾包／毕尔包 (Bì'ěrbāo)

• French: Bilbao (fr)
• Greek: Μπιλμπάο (el) (Bilmpáo)
• Latin: Bilbaum, Amanun Portus, Flaviobriga f
• Marathi: बिलबाओ n (bilbāo)
• Portuguese: Bilbau (pt)
• Romanian: Bilbao (ro)
• Russian: Бильбао (ru) (Bilʹbao)
• Slovene: Bilabo m
• Spanish: Bilbao (es)

Anagrams

• biolab

Catalan

Proper noun

Bilbao m

1. Bilbao (the largest city in the Basque Country, in nothern Spain, and capital city of the province of Biscay, Spain)

Spanish

Etymology

Three possibilities are:

• From Basque billa (“stacking”) + Spanish vaho (“steam, mist”).
• Evolution of Spanish bello vado (“beautiful river crossing”), from the Roman name, Latin bellum vadum.
• From Basque billa-ibaia-bao (“river cove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bilˈbao/ [bilˈβ̞a.o]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: Bil‧ba‧o

Proper noun

Bilbao ?

1. Bilbao (the largest city in the Basque Country, in northern Spain, and capital city of the province of Biscay, Spain)

Derived terms

• bilbaíno