Bath

See also: bath, bàth, baþ, bað, and Ba'th

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɑːθ/
  • (South West England) IPA(key): /bæːθ/
  • (Northern England) IPA(key): /bæθ/

Proper noun

Bath

  1. A city in Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.
  2. A village in Illinois
  3. An unincorporated town in Indiana
  4. A town and mineral spring in Jamaica
  5. A city in Maine, and the county seat of Sagadahoc County.
  6. A village in the Netherlands
  7. A village in New Brunswick
  8. A town in New Hampshire
  9. A town and village in New York, and county seat of Steuben County.
  10. A town in North Carolina
  11. A borough in Pennsylvania
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Arabic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bæθ/, /bɑːθ/

Proper noun

Bath

  1. (rare, nonstandard, usually in the phrase ‘Bath Party’) A secular Arab nationalist political party present in several countries in the Middle East, most prominently Iraq and Syria.
Usage notes

The Arabic word has two syllables. The spelling Bath and the pronunciation with only one syllable are inconsistent with the original Arabic.

Derived terms
  • Bathism
  • Bathist

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.