Bida

• Bita, Bitha

From Ancient Greek Βίδα (Bída).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.da/, [ˈbɪd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.da/, [ˈbiːd̪ä]

Bida f sg (genitive Bidae); first declension

1. Djemaa Saharidj (an ancient city in Algeria)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Bida”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Possibly from bé (“to come”) +‎ yin (“infinitive particle”) +‎ da (“to go”), literally “let's go”.

• IPA^(key): /bī.dā/

Bida

1. Bida (a city in Niger, Nigeria)
2. Bida (a Local Government Area in Nigeria)
3. Bida Emirate (a historical emirate in Nigeria)

• Bidaci (“Bida person”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.da/
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: Bi‧da
• Homophone: bida

From bida.

Bida m pers

1. a male surname

Bida f

1. a female surname

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Bida f

1. Bida (a city in Niger, Nigeria)
2. Bida (a Local Government Area in Nigeria)
3. Bida (a historical emirate in Nigeria)

• “Bida”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022