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English word origin

Etymology of Boden

* As a north/Low German surname, derived from the personal name Bode, from the noun meaning "messenger" (Old Saxon bodo). * As a German surname, from the noun Boden (“bottom”). Compare Bottom. * As a Swedish surname, fro

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An English surname common in Shropshire and the West Midlands area of central England. · A town and municipality in Norrbotten County, northern Sweden. · A municipality in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. · An unincorporated community in Preemption Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States.

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* As a north/Low German surname, derived from the personal name Bode, from the noun meaning "messenger" (Old Saxon bodo). * As a German surname, from the noun Boden (“bottom”). Compare Bottom. * As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”). Compare Bodin. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Buadáin (“descendant of Buadán”), see Bowden. * As an English surname, variant of Bawden.

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