Bohol

See also: bohol

English

Etymology

From Spanish Bohol, from Cebuano Bohol.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /boˈhol/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊhɔl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊhɔːl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʉhoːl ~ ˈbɐʉhoːl/

Proper noun

Bohol

1. A province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tagbilaran
2. An island in Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines

Translations

province of the Philippines

• Arabic: بوهول
• Azerbaijani: Bohol
• Belarusian: Бахол (Baxól)
• Bulgarian: Бохол (Bohol)
• Cebuano: Bohol
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保和 (Bǎohé)

• Czech: Bohol
• Dutch: Bohol
• Estonian: Bohol
• Finnish: Bohol
• French: Bohol
• German: Bohol
• Hebrew: בוהול
• Hindi: बोहोल (bohol)
• Indonesian: Bohol
• Japanese: ボホール (Bohōru)
• Korean: 보홀 (bohol)
• Lithuanian: Boholis
• Macedonian: Бохол (Bohol)
• Persian: بوهول
• Portuguese: Bohol
• Russian: Бохол (Boxol)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бохол

  Roman: Bohol

• Spanish: Bohol
• Tagalog: Bohol
• Thai: โบโฮล (boo-hoon)
• Turkish: Bohol
• Ukrainian: Бохол (Boxol)
• Urdu: بوهول
• Vietnamese: Bohol

Cebuano

Etymology

From bo-ol, a fruit that flourished in the area where Miguel Lopez de Legazpi supposedly landed. Attested in 1582 as Spanish Vohol.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bo‧hol
• IPA^(key): /boˈhol/, [boˈhol̪]

Proper noun

Bohól

1. Bohol (a province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tagbilaran)
2. Bohol (an island in Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)
3. a toponymic surname from Cebuano signifying origin from the island or province of Bohol

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bohol.

Derived terms

• Bol-anon

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano Bohol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈol/ [boˈol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: Bo‧hol

Proper noun

Bohol ?

1. Bohol (a province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tagbilaran)
2. Bohol (an island in Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)

Derived terms

• boholano

 

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bohol, from Cebuano Bohol.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /boˈhol/ [boˈhol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: Bo‧hol

Proper noun

Bohól (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜓᜎ᜔)

1. Bohol (a province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tagbilaran)
2. Bohol (an island in Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)