Bago

See also: bago

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Burmese ပဲခူး (pai:hku:).

Proper noun

Bago

1. A city in Myanmar near Yangon, formerly known as Pegu.

Derived terms

• Bago Region

Translations

city in Myanmar

Burmese: ပဲခူးမြို့ (pai:hku:mrui.) Chinese: Mandarin: 勃固 (zh) (Bógù) Mon: ဗဂေါ (həkɜ̀) Russian: Баго́ m (Bagó), Пегу́ m (Pegú) Thai: พะโค (th) (pha-kho)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Bago

1. A barangay of Vintar, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
2. A barangay of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
3. A barangay of Ibaan, Batangas, Philippines.
4. A barangay of Roxas, Capiz, Philippines.
5. A barangay of Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
6. A barangay of Tayasan, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
7. A barangay of Buenavista, Bohol, Philippines.
8. A barangay of Asturias, Cebu, Philippines.
9. A barangay of Bato, Leyte, Philippines.
10. A barangay of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines.

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Ultimately from bago.

Proper noun

Bago

1. a barangay of Asturias, Cebu, Philippines
   • 2018 — Gravinez, Sheila C., 50 ka mga Barangay Gihulga sa Landslide, Baha ni ‘Samuel’ (19 November), SuperBalita

     Base sa advisory, tulo ang nahimutang sa lungsod sa Tabuelan nga naglakip sa Olivo, Poblacion ug Tabunok; pito sa lungsod sa Asturias, Bago, Lunas, New Bago, Saksak, Santa Lucia, Santa Rita ug Tubigagmanok; ug ang 40 kay sa lungsod sa Tuburan.

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Etymology 2

From English Bago, from Burmese ပဲခူး (pai:hku:).

Proper noun

Bago

1. Bago; a city in Burma

Old Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *Bāgō, from Proto-Germanic *Bēgô, a derivation of Proto-Germanic *bēganą (“to fight”) (whence Old High German bāgan (“to fight”)). Other cognates include and Old Norse bági (“enemy”) and bágr (“difficult”), possibly found as ᛒᛅᚴᚱ (bakr). The name may have meant 'brave'.

Proper noun

Bāgo m

1. a male given name

Declension

Though the expected declension of a name ending on -o would be an-stem, place-names show that a-stem declension may also have been used:

Declension of Bāgo (masculine an-stem noun - no plural)

case	singular
nominative	Bāgo
accusative	Bāgon
genitive	Bāgin
dative	Bāgin

Declension of Bāgo (masculine a-stem noun - contracted - no plural)

case	singular
nominative	Bāgo
accusative	Bāgo
genitive	Bāges
dative	Bāge

Further reading

• Maurits Gysseling (1982), “Noordwesteuropese persoonsnaambestanddelen”, in Naamkunde. Jaargang 14‎ (in Dutch), page 85

Slovak

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaɡɔ]

Proper noun

Bago m pers (female equivalent Bagová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bago
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Bago	Bagovia	Bagovci
genitive	Baga	Bagov	Bagovcov
dative	Bagovi	Bagom	Bagovcom
accusative	Baga	Bagov	Bagovcov
locative	Bagovi	Bagoch	Bagovcoch
instrumental	Bagom	Bagami	Bagovcami

Further reading

• “Bago”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025