"Boland" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Bolands [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beolláin (“descendant of Beollán”), a personal name of uncertain origin. * A variant of Bowland, an English habitational surname. * Borrowed from German Boland, a surname of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Ó Beolláin||descendant of Beollán}} Irish Ó Beolláin (“descendant of Beollán”), {{bor|en|de|Boland}} German Boland Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Bolands}} Boland (plural Bolands)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Boland-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Boland
  1. A region of Western Cape province, South Africa, situated to the northeast of Cape Town. Categories (place): Places in South Africa, Places in the Western Cape, South Africa Synonyms: Cape Winelands
    Sense id: en-Boland-en-name--168Xqsm Categories (other): Geographic and cultural areas of South Africa, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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