Bima

See also: bima, bìmá, and bimą

English

Etymology

From Indonesian Bima

Proper noun

Bima

  1. A city in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Translations
Translations

Indonesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbima/
  • Hyphenation: Bi‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Bima bima; derived from imbi (“believe; trust; faith”) +‎ ruma (“God”).

Noun

Bima

  1. (ethnology) The indigenous people native to Bima region in Sumbawa island, West Nusa Tenggara province.
    Synonym: Mbojo
  2. (linguistic) The native language of Bima people.
  3. (geography) The region in Sumbawa island.
  4. (administrative) The kabupaten (“regency”) in northeast and eastern hemisphere of Sumbawa island.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦨꦶꦩ (Bima).

Proper noun

Bima

  1. Bhima: In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the second of the Pandava brothers.
  2. a male given name from Javanese
  3. A city in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

Bima

  1. Romanization of ꦨꦶꦩ
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