Bambi
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A female given name.
proper noun
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A female given name.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Bambi, from bambina (“young girl”).
proper noun
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A surname from Italian.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Bambi.
noun
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A deer, especially a fawn.
Deer graze the lawns of the historic estate at Wawona and of the golf course across the road. Remember that these graceful “Bambis” are wild animals with sharp hooves and antlers.
But mostly I saw herds of white-spotted deer called chital, gentle Bambis whose sweet vulnerability makes them key players in the forest drama.
Gore’s dad took him deer-hunting, says aide Jano Cabrero, but didn’t know if the veep ever bagged a Bambi.
Instead of lounging on a sandy beach, Björk and Barney split their time between Iceland and New York, where Barney has an apartment downtown and Björk owns a house upstate “in the forest, with the Bambis.”
Etymology
From German Bambi, from Italian bambino (“child”), after the fictional character Bambi created by the Austrian author Felix Salten (1869–1945).
proper noun
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A town in Huíla, Angola.
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Bambi.
Forms
- plural
- Bambis