B.V.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Blessed Virgin.

B.V.

²

abbreviation for

1. farewell.

b.v.

³

abbreviation for

1. book value.

bv

¹

the internet domain name for

1. Bouvet Island

BV

²

abbreviation for

1. Beata Virgo
2. bene vale

Word History and Origins

Origin of B.V.¹

From Latin Beāta Virgō

Origin of B.V.²

From Latin bene valē

Word History and Origins

Origin of B.V.¹

(for sense 1) Latin: Blessed Virgin; (for sense 2) Latin: farewell

Example Sentences

Sisera when beaten in battle fled to the tent of his friend Heber, and was there warmly welcomed bv Jael, Heber's wife.

From Project Gutenberg

These two lines and the corresponding ones at BV will form a kind of vanishing scale, giving the height of each step as we ascend.

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BV means bluish violet, being a violet having more blue than red in its composition.

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