Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Boden-See

The Lake of Constance; so called because it lies in the Boden, or low country at the foot of the Alps. (Latin, Senus Bodamicus. )

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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