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bogue¹
- /boʊɡ/
Where it comes from
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.
noun bogues
- A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
bogue²
- /boʊɡ/
Where it comes from
From Cajun French, from Choctaw bok (“creek, stream”). Doublet of bayou.
noun bogues
- A bayou or waterway.
bogue³
- /boʊɡ/
Where it comes from
Related to Spanish bogar (“to row”), Old French voguer (“to sway, move along”).
verb bogues · boguing · bogued
- To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward.
Bogue⁴
- /boːɡ/
Where it comes from
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”).
proper noun
- A surname.
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An important strait in the Pearl River Delta between Guangzhou and the South China Sea.
Similar: Bocca Tigris
- A town in Kansas.
- A town in North Carolina.
Translations
Talk about this word "bogue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bogue. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bogue. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bogue "bogue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bogue.Cite this
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