Bose

Bose

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist S.R. Bose (1888-1970).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

Borrowed from colloquial Bengali বোস (bōs).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəʊz/, /bəʊs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊz
• (India) IPA^(key): /boːs/

Bose

1. A surname from Bengali.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 百色 (Bósè).

Bose

1. Synonym of Baise.
   • 2022, David Holm, Meng Yuanyao, editors, The Brigands' Song: Serving in the Army of A Native Chieftain, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 101:

     Carry her on your back as far as Bose, / Fleeing there will take seven days on the road.

• Sobe, So.Be., SoBe, BOEs, So. Be., Boes, obes, OBEs