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Dutch
Etymology
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
Proper noun
Botshol n
- A hamlet in De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “botshol”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN