Boloyne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Boleyne, Boloigne

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French Boloigne, Bouloigne, from Late Latin Bolōnia, variant of earlier Bonōnia. For the phonological development, see caroyne (“corpse, carrion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈlui̯n(ə)/
• (with reduction) IPA^(key): /ˈbulæi̯n(ə)/, /ˈbulɛn(ə)/, /ˈbulin(ə)/

Proper noun

Boloyne

1. Boulogne-sur-Mer (a city in northern France)
2. A surname from the place name, equivalent to English Boleyn.

Descendants

• English: Boulogne (pronunciation remodelled after modern French); Boleyn
• → Middle Welsh: Bwlwyn