English word origin

Etymology of Bole

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 博樂 /博乐 (Bólè).

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

name

A county-level city of Bortala prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 博樂 /博乐 (Bólè).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mention博樂cmn

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗

name

A town in Ghana.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Uncertain. Theories include derivation from Akan bɔro (bōro, “sweet”), Nuer bɛɛl (bōl, “grape”), and Gonja bɔl (bōl, “submission”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

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Derivation mentionbɔroak
Derivation mentionbɛɛlnus
Derivation mentionbɔlgjn

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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗

name

A village and civil parish of Nottinghamshire, England.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From earlier Bolle, ultimately from either the dative singular bolde or dative plural boldum of bold (“house”); the latter is perhaps suggested by its attestation in the Domesday Book as Medieval Latin Bolun.

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