bay

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English word bay comes from Latin baca (Berry, fruit. Pearl.), Vulgar Latin *bado, Late Latin baia

baca (Latin)

Berry, fruit. Pearl.

*bado (Vulgar Latin)

baia (Late Latin)

baer (Old French)

baé (Old French)

(of the mouth) open; wide-open.

baie (French)

(botany) berry Picture window Bay (body of water).

bay (English)

(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.. A bank or dam to keep back water.

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