Bolnes

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as op bolnes in 1374. Compound of Middle Dutch bol (“small sandbar or ridge in a river which is visible at low tide”) and nes (“headland, spit”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Bol‧nes

Proper noun

Bolnes n

1. A village in Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Bolnessenaar
• Bolnesser

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bolnes”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN