Bago

American  

[buh-goh] / bəˈgoʊ /

noun

1. a city in southern Myanmar (Burma) and capital of the Bago region: known for its pagodas.

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Etymology

Origin of Bago

First recorded in 1985–90; probably from Mon Bagaw (placename)

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Bago

In October, Niger state's Bago announced an indefinite ban on mining, with plans to recruit 10,000 government-sponsored militia to protect Niger's rural communities.

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

He disputed allegations made the governor of Niger state, Umar Bago, in local media that the church had defied an order to close its school after threats of attacks.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

State Gov. Mohammed Bago ordered students to vacate dozens of schools following a meeting with heads of security agencies, a spokesman for Bago said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

Bago and Bonnefon also questioned whether conspiracy theorists would be willing to engage with a bot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

Bago: Albaro Pérez—Albaro Pérez collects, along the river of Bago, three hundred and fifty tributes, which represent one thousand four hundred persons.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander