Bohuslän
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Swedish
Etymology
Named after the medieval Norwegian fortress Bohus, originally Bagahus (“house of Baga”) after Bagaholmen (“Baga's Island”) (see hus, holme) on which it is located. The prefix Baga comes from Old West Norse bágr (“difficult”).[1][2] Others prefer to derive it from the name of a stream south of Fästningsholmen called Bágastraumr, from Old Norse bágha (“to flow”) + straumr (“stream”).[3]
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Proper noun
Bohuslän n (genitive Bohusläns)
- Bohuslän or Bahusia, one of Sweden's landskap (“provinces”) along the west coast, north of Göteborg.
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References
- ^ Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2003), s. 42
- ^ Bohuslän in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- ^ Lidén, Evald; Erik Abrahamson (1933). Artikel "Namnet Bagaholm" ur Bohuslänska studier tillägnade landshövdingen Oscar von Sydow 12 juli 1933. Göteborg: Göteborgs och Bohusläns fornminnesförening, p. 251