# What means the word bisq?

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/what-means-the-word-bisq/3909>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 19, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/what-means-the-word-bisq/3909 "2017-12-19T19:12:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Francisco](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/francisco/32/1275_2.png) [@Francisco](https://bisq.community/u/Francisco)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/what-means-the-word-bisq/3909/1 "2017-12-19T19:12:40Z")

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Please, what means the word bisq?

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**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/what-means-the-word-bisq/3909/2 "2017-12-19T20:15:59Z")

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Nothing. This app was called Bitsquare once and people and team liked this name the most when the rebranding had to happen (company called Square didn’t like this).

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**Author:** ![Francisco](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/francisco/32/1275_2.png) [@Francisco](https://bisq.community/u/Francisco)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/what-means-the-word-bisq/3909/3 "2017-12-19T20:33:45Z")

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Thank you @alexej996.  
That’s a good explanation.  
Sometimes, nothing beats the simple.  
Google to say so.