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boland

/bˈoʊlənd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
boland
IPA
/bˈoʊlənd/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A region of Western Cape province, South Africa, situated to the northeast of Cape Town.

Etymology

Various origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beolláin (“descendant of Beollán”), a personal name of uncertain origin. * A variant of Bowland, an English habitational surname. * Borrowed from German Boland, a surname of uncertain origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Beolláin, Boland

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Bolands (plural)

Synonyms

Cape Winelands

Homonyms

bowland

Rhymes With

poland roland rowland noland toland yolande bowland foland

Questions

How do you pronounce boland?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈoʊlənd/.
What does boland mean?
A surname.
Where does boland come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce boland

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