Boland

See also: bolând

English

Etymology 1

Various origins:

• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Beolláin (“descendant of Beollán”), a personal name of uncertain origin.
• A variant of Bowland, an English habitational surname.
• Borrowed from German Boland, a surname of uncertain origin.

Proper noun

Boland (plural Bolands)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Boland is the 3092^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11631 individuals. Boland is most common among White (91.7%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Boland

1. A region of Western Cape province, South Africa, situated to the northeast of Cape Town.

   Synonym: Cape Winelands

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 186.

Anagrams

• Blando, bandlo

Afrikaans

Etymology

From bo +‎ land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊə̯.lant/

Proper noun

Boland

1. An upland, inland region in the Western Cape, to the northeast of Cape Town and to the southwest of the Karoo.

Derived terms

• Bolands