Bowie
See also: bowie
Translingual
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Bowie
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist James Bowie (botanist) (1789-1869).
Further reading
Etymology 2
After David Bowie, one of whose songs was Ziggy Stardust, including the lyric "spiders from Mars".
Proper noun
Bowie m
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Araneae – order; Opisthothelae – suborder; Araneomorphae – infraorder; Lycosoidea – superfamily; Ctenidae – family; Cteninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Bowie rebelrebel - type species
References
- Bowie (spider) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bowie (Jäger) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Bowie on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
From Irish Ó Buadhaigh and Scottish Gaelic Mac 'Ille Bhuidh.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.i/, /ˈbaʊ.i/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.i/, /ˈbaʊ.i/, /ˈbu.i/
- Homophone: buoy (one pronunciation)
Proper noun
Bowie
- A surname.
- A place in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, named after Fort Bowie.
- An unincorporated community in Delta County, Colorado.
- A city in Prince George's County, Maryland.
- A city in Montague County, Texas.
Derived terms
Translations
surname
Noun
Bowie (plural Bowies)
- Ellipsis of Bowie knife.