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Baku

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbækuː/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈbakʉw/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /bɑˈku/
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈbakʉ/
  • rhymes with -ækuː
  • rhymes with -uː
  • CMU ARPABET: B AA0 K UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Japanese

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Examples

  • 2005, David Booth, Story Drama, 2nd edition, Pembroke Publishers, page 49, The creature explained that he was a baku. A baku eats dreams and nightmares. To a baku, a bad dream is delicious!
  • 2008, "Baku", entry in Brenda Rosen, The Mythical Creatures Bible, Octopus Publishing Group, page 113, A person awakening from a nightmare should call three times saying, "Baku, eat my dreams." Thus summoned, the Baku will turn bad omens into good fortune by devouring evil influences.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: capital of Azerbaijan

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: port, national capital

History

Etymology

From Classical Persian بَاکُو (bākū). For further etymology, see Baku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Japanese 獏 (“spirit that feeds on nightmares”).

Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: Бақәа (Bakwa) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Afrikaans: Bakoe — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Albanian: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Amharic: ባኩ (baku) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Arabic: بَاكُو (bākū) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Aragonese: Bacú — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Armenian: Բաքու (Bakʻu) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Asturian: Bakú — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Avar: Баку — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Azerbaijani: Bakı — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Azerbaijani: Бакы — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Basque: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Belarusian: Баку́ (Bakú) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Bengali: বাকু (baku) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Breton: Bakou — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Bulgarian: Баку́ (Bakú) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Burmese: ဘာကူးမြို့ (bhaku:mrui.) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Catalan: Bakú — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Chechen: Бакох (Bakox) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Chinese Cantonese: 巴庫 /巴库 (baa1 fu3) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴庫 /巴库 (Bākù) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Crimean Tatar: Baqu — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Czech: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Danish: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Dutch: Bakoe — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Esperanto: Bakuo — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Estonian: Bakuu — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Faroese: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Finnish: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Franco-Provençal: Bakou — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • French: Bakou — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • West-Frisian: Bakoe — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Galician: Bakú — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Georgian: ბაქო (bako) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • German: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Greek: Μπακού (Bakoú) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Haitian Creole: Bakou — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Hebrew: באקו \ בָּקוּ (baku) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Hindi: बाकू (bākū) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Hungarian: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Hungarian: Bakı — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Icelandic: Bakú — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Ido: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Indonesian: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Italian: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Japanese: バクー (Bakū) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Kazakh: Бақы (Baqy) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Khmer: បាគូ (baakuu) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Korean: 바쿠 — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Northern Kurdish: Bakû — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Kyrgyz: Баку — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Lao: ບາກູ (bā kū) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Latin: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Latvian: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Lithuanian: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Macedonian: Баку — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Malay: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Maltese: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Mongolian: Баку — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Newar: बाकु (bāku) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Occitan: Bakó — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Ossetian: Баку — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Pashto: باکو (bākú) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Persian: باکو (bâku) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Persian: باکویه (bâkuye) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Persian: بادکوبه (bâdkube) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Piedmontese: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Polish: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Portuguese: Bacu — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Portuguese: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Romanian: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Russian: Баку́ (Bakú) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ба̀ку — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bàku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Sicilian: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Sinhalese: බාකු (bāku) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Slovak: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Slovene: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Spanish: Bakú — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Swahili: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Swedish: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Tajik: Боку (Boku) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Talysh: Боку — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Tamil: பக்கூ (pakkū) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Tatar: Бакы (Baqı) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Thai: บากู (baa-guu) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Tibetan: པཱ་ཁི (pā khi) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Turkish: Bakü — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Ottoman Turkish: باكو (Bakü) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Turkmen: Baku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Ukrainian: Баку́ (Bakú) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Urdu: باکُو (bākū) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Uyghur: باكۇ (baku) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Uzbek: Boku — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Vietnamese: Ba-cu — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Volapük: Bakı — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Yiddish: באַקו (baku) — the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan