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Bocholtz
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Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as bugholte in 1215, attested with certainty as bucholtz in the first half of the 13th century. Compound of a dialectal form of nl beuk beech, Fagus sylvatica and nl hout rising deciduous forest. The current "German" spelling of the name derives from the time when the village was part of the Duchy of Jülich (see also nl Einighausen and nl Siebengewald).
Pronunciation
nl /ˈbɔ.xɔlts/
nl Bo choltz
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Simpelveld p/Limburg c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Bocholtenaar
nl Bocholts
nl Bocholtzerheide
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