Bohol

Borrowed from Spanish Bohol, from Cebuano Bohol.

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /boˈhol/

  • Audio (Philippines):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊhɔl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊhɔːl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʉhoːl ~ ˈbɐʉhoːl/

Bohol

1. A province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tagbilaran.
   • 2025 April 22, Joe Minihane, “24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes”, in CNN‎^[1]:

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

2. An island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines.

• Bohol Sea

From bo-ol, a fruit that flourished in the area where Miguel Lopez de Legazpi supposedly landed. Attested in 1582 as Spanish Vohol.

• Hyphenation: Bo‧hol
• IPA^(key): /boˈhol/ [boˈhol̪]

Bohól

1. Bohol (a province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tagbilaran)
2. Bohol (an island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)
3. a toponymic surname from Cebuano signifying origin from the island or province of Bohol

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bohol.

• Bol-anon

• Bojol (obsolete)

Borrowed from Cebuano Bohol.

• IPA^(key): /boˈol/ [boˈol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: Bo‧hol

Bohol ?

1. Bohol (a province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tagbilaran)
2. Bohol (an island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)

Borrowed from Spanish Bohol, from Cebuano buol (“Ixora philippinensis”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /boˈhol/ [boˈhol]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: Bo‧hol

Bohól (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜑᜓᜎ᜔)

1. Bohol (a province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tagbilaran)
2. Bohol (an island of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines)