Bodegraven.
a village and former municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
Meaning & usage
a village and former municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
Where this word comes from
Potentially attested as bodengrauen in 1064, attested with certainty as bodengrave in 1351-1356. Derived from a hydronym, derived in turn from a compound of Old Dutch Bodo (a personal name), bodo (“messenger”) or an older hydronym cognate to Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bauþs, “mute, deaf”) and grave (“excavated or canalised watercourse”).
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