Bole

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === ==== Proper noun ==== Bole A Chadic language native to Nigeria. === Etymology 2 === From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 博樂 / 博乐 (Bólè). ==== Alternative forms ==== Po-lo (Wade–Giles) ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: bǔʹlǔʹ ==== Proper noun ==== Bole A county-level city of Bortala prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Bole”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 471, column 1 === Etymology 3 === Uncertain. Theories include derivation from Akan bɔro (bōro, “sweet”), Nuer bɛɛl (bōl, “grape”), and Gonja bɔl (bōl, “submission”). ==== Proper noun ==== Bole A town in Ghana. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From earlier Bolle, ultimately from either the dative singular bolde or dative plural boldum of bold (“house”); the latter is perhaps suggested by its attestation in the Domesday Book as Medieval Latin Bolun. ==== Proper noun ==== Bole A village and civil parish of Nottinghamshire, England. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 5 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== Bole (plural Boles) A surname. ===== See also ===== Boles ==== References ==== The Place-names of Nottinghamshire Their Origin and Development. CUP Archive. p. 18. Konadu, K Research Notes on Akan Oral Histories Braimah, JA, Tomlinson, HH & Amankwatia, O, History and Traditions of the Gonja, University of Calgary, 1997 === Anagrams === Belo, Lebo, Loeb, lobe