"Bohuslän" meaning in Swedish

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Proper name

Audio: Sv-Bohuslän.ogg Forms: Bohusläns [genitive]
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”). Others prefer to derive it from the name of a stream south of Fästningsholmen called Bágastraumr, from Old Norse bágha (“to flow”) + straumr (“stream”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non-own|bágur|bágr|t=difficult}} Old West Norse bágr (“difficult”), {{der|sv|non|bágha|t=to flow}} Old Norse bágha (“to flow”) Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Bohusläns|g=n|head=}} Bohuslän n (genitive Bohusläns), {{sv-proper noun|n}} Bohuslän n (genitive Bohusläns)
  1. Bohuslän or Bahusia, one of Sweden's landskap (“provinces”) along the west coast, north of Göteborg. Wikipedia link: Bohuslän Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-Bohuslän-sv-name-yciEWChE Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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