Boland

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A region of Western Cape province, South Africa, situated to the northeast of Cape Town.

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cape winelands

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"I immediately recognized two of the men who worked with me in thoracic surgery, Dr. James Duke and Dr. James Boland, Dr. Giesecke, who is an anesthesiologist, was also there along with a Dr. David Mebane who is an instructor in general surgery."

Etymology

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.

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