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

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

Governor Umaru Bago said he was “pained by the unfortunate incident” in a condolence message to the families of the victims.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024

Authorities are going to ensure that “stringent penalties are meted out to traffic rule violators” in Niger state, Bago said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

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 James Alexander Robertson

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