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Boschoord
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Kolonie No 7 in 1846. Compound of nl van den Bosch a surname and nl oord place. The settlement was named after nl Johannes van de Bosch, a government administrator who promoted the concept of sending the poor and dispossessed to work settlements in Drenthe in order to transform them into model citizens. Compare nl Frederiksoord, nl Wilhelminaoord and nl Willemsoord.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈbɔs.oːrt/
nl Bosch oord
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Westerveld p/Drenthe c/Netherlands
References
nl eponyms