Bohol

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Philippines/boˈhol/US/ˈboʊhɔl/UK/ˈbəʊhɔːl/Australia/ˈbəʉhoːl ~ ˈbɐʉhoːl/

proper noun

A province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tagbilaran.

OriginSpanish Bohol ← Cebuano Bohol →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tagbilaran.

    The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines could easily be mistaken for a child’s landscape drawing.

    2025 April 22, Joe Minihane, “24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes”, in CNN
  2. An island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines.

Origin

  1. CebuanoBohol
  2. SpanishBohol
  3. EnglishBohol

Borrowed from Spanish Bohol, from Cebuano Bohol.

More words from Spanish, Cebuano

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Translations

Arabic بوهول
  • بوهولprovince of the Philippines
Bulgarian Бохол
  • Бохол (Bohol)province of the Philippines
Chinese Mandarin 保和
  • 保和 (Bǎohé)province of the Philippines
Czech Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
Dutch Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
Estonian Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
Finnish Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
French Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
German Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
Hebrew בוהול
  • בוהולprovince of the Philippines
Hindi बोहोल
  • बोहोल (bohol)province of the Philippines
Indonesian Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
Japanese ボホール
  • ボホール (Bohōru)province of the Philippines
Korean 보홀
  • 보홀 (bohol)province of the Philippines
Lithuanian Boholis
  • Boholisprovince of the Philippines
Persian بوهول
  • بوهولprovince of the Philippines
Portuguese Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
Russian Бохол
  • Бохол (Boxol)province of the Philippines
Spanish Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
Tagalog Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
Thai โบโฮล
  • โบโฮล (boo-hoon)province of the Philippines
Turkish Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
Ukrainian Бохол
  • Бохол (Boxol)province of the Philippines
Urdu بوهول
  • بوهولprovince of the Philippines
Vietnamese Bohol
  • Boholprovince of the Philippines
Cite this entry
APA

Bohol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bohol

MLA

“Bohol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bohol. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bohol,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bohol.

Source: Bohol on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.