Bua
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bua"
English
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Bua
- A language spoken in Chad
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Bua (plural Buas)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bua is the 36900th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 605 individuals. Bua is most common among White (92.07%) individuals.
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Bua, bub
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bua”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 242.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From a variant of bue (“ox”), a nickname for a herdsman or for powerfully built man.
Proper noun
Bua ?
- a surname
Plautdietsch
Noun
Bua m (plural Buares or Buasch)
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