Bay

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Derived terms 1.1.3 Translations 1.1.3.1 Translations to be checked 1.2 Proper noun 1.3 See also

English

Noun

bay (bays)

1. (geography) A body of water more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
2. A compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
3. A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
4. A shrub of the family Lauraceae, the source of the herb of the same name.
5. The herb derived from the shrub of the same name.
6. The distance between two supports in a vault.

Synonyms

• (body of water): gulf
• (shrub): bay laurel, Grecian laurel, laurel, sweet bay, true laurel

Derived terms

• bay leaf
• bay laurel
• bay window

Translations

body of water

Czech: záliv m, zátoka f French: baie f German: Golf m Greek: κόλπος m (kólpos) Italian: baia f, golfo m

Spanish: bahía f

compartment

French: compartiment m, baie f

brown colour/color

shrub

herb

Italian: alloro m

distance between two supports in a vault

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Chinese Characters: 湾
• Chinese: 海灣, 海湾
• Dutch: baai de
• German: Bucht f
• Japanese: 湾
• Korean: 만
• Portuguese: baía
• Russian: залив m (zaliv)

Proper noun

Bay

1. A region of Somalia.

See also

• Wikipedia article on bays in geography
• Wikipedia article on bay, the horse colour/color
• Wikipedia article on Bay in Somalia