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Holywood (/ˈhɒliwʊd/ HOL-ee-wuud; from
Latin Sanctus Boscus 'holy wood') is a town in the
metropolitan area of
Belfast in
County Down,
Northern Ireland...
- Adam de la
Halle (1245–50 – 1285–8/after 1306) was a
French poet-composer trouvère.
Among the few
medieval composers to
write both
monophonic and polyphonic...
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French root bosc ("wood") >
Modern French bois ("wood") cf.
Medieval Latin boscus (first
mentioned in 704 AD). The
Norman place names retain it as Bosc-,...
- post-hoc
reverse translation of the
Medieval Latin sacer boscus, "holy (sacred) wood".
Sacer Boscus or
Romance Sacro Bosco as such is an
unknown town or region...
- stall", dial. (Zeeland)
boest "barn"); yet, this
connection is false. ML
boscus "wood, timber" has many
descendants in
Romance languages, such as Sp and...
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antagonism then
divides the two
parishes until 1729. (d’après L.
Boscus) (from L.
Boscus) In 1728,
Pierre Lacombe, squire, Lord of Monteils,
authority of...
- Cure S,
Segurens B,
Aniere F,
Samain S,
Crespeau H,
Abbasi N,
Aiach N,
Boscus D, ****hoff R, Dors M,
Dubois I,
Friedman C,
Gouyvenoux M,
James R, Madan...
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Monastery (v. supra);
Holywood (Ard Mhic
Nasca in Irish) was
named Sanctus Boscus ("Holy Wood") by the
Normans after the
woodland surrounding the monastery...
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Kingdom of
Romania Resting place Bellu Cemetery,
Bucharest Pen name C.
Boșcu Occupation Poet
translator teacher journalist Language Romanian Nationality...
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considered a
Germanic topographical name,
derived from the
Latin word,
boscus which translates to wood, as in forest. Subsequently, the
patronymic suffix...
