Bode

See also: bode, bøde, bodě, bodę, and bódé

English

Etymology

  • As a Dutch and German surname, from bode (“messenger”).
  • As a German and Danish surname, from the name Bodo, derived from Old Saxon bodo (“messenger”), related to above.
  • As a Dutch and German surname, from Bude (“booth, small house”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bōʹdu̇[1] (Germany)

Proper noun

Bode

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A city in Iowa.
  4. A village in Nepal.
  5. A river in Germany, a tributary to the Saale
  6. A small river and tributary to the Wipper

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Bode River”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 235, column 2

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