's-Hertogenbosch (a city, municipality, and capital of North Brabant, Netherlands)
eş: Den Bosch
köken: First attested as de nouo opido super siluam juxta orten in 1196. From older des hertogen bosch (“the duke's forest”). Attested in the 13th century Latin as buscum ducis.
A contraction of bosque del duque (literally “the duke's forest”), or from French Bois-le-Duc, both a calque of the Dutch name for the city, 's-Hertogenbosch, with the same literal meaning.