All the above are pronounced to rhyme with "no". Pronounced to rhyme with "now", the word can mean:
- Bowing (social) , the act of lowering the head or the upper body
- Bow (ship) , the foremost point of the hull of a ship or boat
- Bow Collector , an electric pick-up device for trains and trams
may also denote the places:
- Bow, Devon , England
- Bow, London , England (historically called Stratford atte Bowe)
- Bow, Orkney , Scotland
- Bow, New Hampshire , United States
- Bow, Washington , United States
- The Bow (Calgary) , a building in Calgary, Alberta
- Bow River , a river in the Canadian province of Alberta
- Bow (She-Ra) , a character from She-Ra: Princess of Power
- Bows (band) , a band from the UK
- B.O.W. , for Bio-Organic Weapon - a creature created due to exposure of a viral agent in the ''Resident Evil'' series
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