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Château Du Bosc Théroulde
The Château du Bosc Théroulde is a château built in the 17th century near Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien in the Seine-Maritime '' département'' of Normandy, France. Name origin ''Bosc'' is an old French word meaning bois (wood), deriving from the Germanic bosk which is related to the Latin boscus. The same word occurs in Norman. It can be found in many place names and surnames. and ''Théroulde'' from Thorold/Thorald, or in Latin Turoldus, comes from a forename of Scandinavian origin - Thorold (coming in turn from Thorvaldr (meaning 'ruled by Thor'). The name arrived in Normandy with the Vikings, and was very popular there from the 10th to the 12th centuries. It is also the origin of many surnames: Théroulde, Théroude, Touroude, Troude and Throude. These names are mainly found in the Pays de Caux, the Roumois and the Cotentin, where the Scandinavian settlements were strongest. Several placenames exclusively found in Normandy come from this same origin: probably a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosc
Bosc may refer to: * Bosc pear, a cultivar of the European Pear * Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC), an academic conference * Gobiosoma bosc, a fish of family Gobiidae People * Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759–1828), French botanist and zoologist * Ramon Bosc (fl. 1416), Catalan priest and writer in Latin * Thomas Bosc (born 1983), French rugby league player * Jean Bosc (1924 - 1973), French cartoonist See also * * BOSC23, a human kidney cell line {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |