Pegu
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Pegu
First recorded in 1700–05; British pronunciation of Bago ( def. )
Example Sentences
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"We ensure that they get free ration under the public distribution system," Dibrugarh Deputy Commissioner Biswajit Pegu says.
From BBC ● May 19, 2022
Even the renovation of the Pegu Club depended on a deal in which the Kyaw Thaungs had to pay at least $510,000 a year to a military conglomerate, the agreement for the club shows.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
This elegant apple-infused aperitif is a lower-proof drink from Audrey Saunders, founder of the now-shuttered Pegu Club in New York City.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021
In New York, the casualties include Pegu Club, a pioneering craft cocktail bar, the Keith McNally bistro Lucky Strike, and two shops owned by the coffee roaster Gimme Coffee.
From Slate ● May 18, 2020
So are Ava, Pegu, Siam, Cambojia, and Cochin China, the countries which constitute the great peninsula, sometimes called Indo-Chinese, and sometimes Transgangetic.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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