Bolduque

Spanish

Etymology

A contraction of bosque del duque (literally “the duke's forest”), or from French Bois-le-Duc, both a calque of the Dutch name for the city, 's-Hertogenbosch, with the same literal meaning.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bolˈduke/ [bol̪ˈd̪u.ke]
  • Rhymes: -uke
  • Syllabification: Bol‧du‧que

Proper noun

Bolduque f

  1. 's-Hertogenbosch (a city in the Netherlands)
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