Botshol
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested as Botsholemeer in 1575. Compound of an unclear first element and hol (“low-lying swampland”). The first element may be comparable to dialectal bodse (“swamp”) or bod (“clump of reeds standing at the edge of a piece of land”). Originally a hydronym.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Bots‧hol
Proper noun
[edit]Botshol n
- A hamlet in De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Netherlands.