Bole

See also: bole, bóle, bôle, bolē, Bólè, bółe, b́olĕ, and bøle

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Bole

1. 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)

Proper noun

Bole

1. A county-level city in Bortala prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
   • 1989, 郑平 [Zheng Ping], 洛安吉 [Luo Anji], transl., 新疆风物志 [Xinjiang : the Land and the People]‎^[1], Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 221:

     As September gets under way, the fields and open country of southern Xinjiang, stretching from Turpan through Korla, Aksu and Kashi to Hotan, as well as the northern country areas from Manas and Shihu westwards across to Bole (Bortala), are all abloom with silvery, snow-white blossoms.

   • 2004 March 28, Howard W. French, “China Moves Toward Another West: Central Asia”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-28, World‎^[3]:

     "We are destined to become a very important region," said Hua Dingchuan, a trade official in Bole, a city that 10 years ago had virtually no private cars, and now is as densely developed and busy as any American suburb. […]
     Bole, a city in Xinjiang Province, is now densely developed and has the conveniences of modern Chinese life.

   • 2014 July 3, Didi Tang, “China bans Ramadan fast in Muslim northwest”, in AP News‎^[4], archived from the original on 20 June 2022‎^[5]:

     In the city of Bole, retired teachers from the Wutubulage Middle School were called in to stand guard at mosques and prevent students from entering, according to a statement on the municipal party committee website.
     Also in Bole, the Bozhou University of Radio and Television said on its website it held a meeting with working and retired minority teachers on the first day of the Ramadan to remind them of the fasting ban.

Translations

city in Xinjiang, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博樂／博乐 (zh) (Bólè)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Bole”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 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

1. A town in Ghana.

Translations

town in Ghana

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can

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

1. A village and civil parish of Nottinghamshire, England.

Translations

Bole, Nottinghamshire, England

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Bole (plural Boles)

1. A surname.

See also

• Boles

References

• The Place-names of Nottinghamshire Thier 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