Bohuslän

Swedish

Etymology

Named after the medieval Norwegian fortress Bohus, originally Bagahus (“house of Baga”) after Bagaholmen (“Baga's Island”) (see hus, holme) on which it is located. The prefix Baga comes from Old West Norse bágr (“difficult”). Others prefer to derive it from the name of a stream south of Fästningsholmen called Bágastraumr, from Old Norse bágha (“to flow”) + straumr (“stream”).

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Proper noun

Bohuslän n (genitive Bohusläns)

1. Bohuslän or Bahusia, one of Sweden's landskap (“provinces”) along the west coast, north of Göteborg.