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bua

Pronunciation: [ˈbu.ə]

“bua” is a Catalan word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. pimple
  2. badness
  3. a unit of length used in measuring ships. Approximately the same as a yard, it was defined as 4 pams (“spans”)

In Catalan

  1. Gra purulent en la superfície de la pell.
  2. pupa

Etymology

Childish variant of buba (“pimple”), from Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).

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