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Bohuslän
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Swedish
Etymology
Named after the medieval Norwegian fortress Bohus, originally no Bagahus house of Baga after no Bagaholmen Baga's Island (see sv hus, sv holme) on which it is located. The prefix no Baga comes from sv non-own bágur bágr difficult.Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2003), s. 42 svetym 0141.html Bohuslän Others prefer to derive it from the name of a stream south of Fästningsholmen called non Bágastraumr, from sv non bágha to flow + non straumr stream.Lidén, Evald; Erik Abrahamson (1933). Artikel "Namnet Bagaholm" ur Bohuslänska studier tillägnade landshövdingen Oscar von Sydow 12 juli 1933. Göteborg: Göteborgs och Bohusläns fornminnesförening, p. 251
Pronunciation
sv /ˈbuːhɵsˌlɛːn/
sv Sv-Bohuslän.ogg
Proper noun
n
Bohuslän or Bahusia, one of Sweden's sv landskap provinces along the west coast, north of Göteborg.
Related terms
sv bohuslänning
sv bohuslänsk
sv bohuslänska
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