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BH

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See also: bh, Bh, bḥ, .bh, bh', B"H, and B&H

Translingual

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Symbol

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BH

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Bahrain.
    Synonym: BHR (alpha-3)

English

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Proper noun

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BH

  1. Initialism of Boko Haram.
  2. Abbreviation of Bihar, a state in India.

Noun

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BH (plural BHs)

  1. Initialism of heavy battleship.
  2. Initialism of bank holiday.
  3. (knitting) Initialism of buttonhole.
    • 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics, page 86:
      Work 7 BH's on left side for man's sweater, on right side for woman's sweater.
  4. (astronomy) Initialism of black hole.
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Anagrams

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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BH c (definite singular BH'en, indefinite plural BH'er, definite plural BH'erne)

  1. a bra (abbreviation of brystholder)

Derived terms

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German

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Etymology

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Initialism of Büstenhalter or Busenhalter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /beˈhaː/
  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːha/ (southwestern Germany, Switzerland, and sporadically elsewhere)
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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BH m (strong, genitive BHs or BH, plural BHs or BH)

  1. bra (women’s undergarment)

Usage notes

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  • BH is the normal word for “bra” in German, whereas the full forms Büstenhalter (Germany) and Busenhalter (Austria and Switzerland) is now formal and quite unusual in common speech.

Declension

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Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Noun

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BH m (definite singular BH-en, indefinite plural BH-er, definite plural BH-ene)

  1. a bra (abbreviation of brystholder and bysteholder)

Synonyms

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Anagrams

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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BH m (definite singular BH-en, indefinite plural BH-ar, definite plural BH-ane)

  1. a bra (abbreviation of brysthaldar and bystehaldar)

Synonyms

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Portuguese

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Proper noun

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BH

  1. Initialism of Belo Horizonte.
    Synonym: Beagá

Romanian

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Proper noun

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BH

  1. Abbreviation of Bihor, a county in Romania.

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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BH c

  1. bra; abbreviation of brösthållare, abbreviation of bysthållare.

See also

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