WORD BOL - bolivian country code, music feature of Indian rhythm, small town in Croatia, city in Chad, basketball player, NYSE symbol, Flemish artist, Norwegian music group, Dutch painter

BOL - Bolivia country code
The Republic of Bolivia get the name after Simón Bolívar. Bolivia is a country in central South America. It is bordered by Argentina and Paraguay from the south, Brazil from the north and east and Peru and Chile from the west. Capital city is La Paz from 1898. Sucre is the constitutional capital.
 

BOL - a town on the Croatian island Brac
Bol is a town on the south of the island of Brač in Croatia with population 1.661. Bol is renowned for its most popular beach, the Zlatni rat "Golden cape". It is a promontory composed mostly of pebble rock that visibly shifts with the tidal movement, a unique sight. The sea at Zlatni rat and, indeed, the entire area is quite crystalline due to the strong current of the strait it is situated in. On a still day the stones on the sea-floor that are 30 feet down look only an arm's length away, and there are spectacular pine trees that grow down the middle of Zlatni rat (there is a beach on either side of the horn). Bol itself is a very popular tourist destination and has a number of harbourside bars and restaurants.


BOL - a city in Chad
Bol is the capital of the region of Lac in Chad central Africa. It has a population of 7,800. The town has a small airport Bol (OTC) with a paved runway.


BOL Manute - a basketball player
Manute Bol is a basketball player from Sudan. Bol was the tallest player ever to appear in the NBA. Currently live in Olathe, Kansas. Bol is born on 16 October 1962 in either Turalie, Sudan. During his basketball career he played for Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors.


BOL Hans - 16th century Flemish artist
Hans Bol (1534–1593) is Flemish artist, received his training from Mechelen tempera and watercolorist  painter at the age of 14. Bol’s watercolors became so widely reproduced and he began creating miniatures on parchment. In addition, Bol also produced several oil paintings, landscapes, illuminated manuscripts, engravings, drawings, mythological, allegorical, biblical scenes, and genre paintings. His most famous works of art is Fall of Icarus, made on paper with watercolours. Bol was once an important and admired painter, but we only know him through his small drawings and watercolours. Most of his paintings appear has been lost.
 

BOL - norwegian music group
BOL started as a quartet in 1995. Just after one rehearsal Ståle brought the Mini-Moog and BOL started their long and sometimes winding road looking for their own music and expressions. Their first record was released spring 2001. BOL was also highly praised at the Trondheim Jazzfestival in 2001, and at Dølajazz in 2002. In 2002-03 they were granted by among others NOMUS for doing a Nordic tour, where they got ovations not at least at the Jyvskyl Summer Jazz Festival 2002. In March 2003 BOL did a live EBU-concert broadcasted in 18 European countries by the Norwegian Broadcasting System. In August 2003 the saxophonist Tor Yttredal left the group, and BOL continued as a trio. They continued working in the landscape of composing, improvising and soundscaping, moving towards a more modern, open and improvised expression, with more focus on sound- experimenting .Both in 2004, 2006 and 2007 BOL was granted by the Norwegian Counsel for the Culture.


BOL Ferdinandd - Dutch painter (b. 1616, Dordrecht, d. 1680, Amsterdam)

BOL - NYSE symbol for Bausch and Lomb company
Bausch & Lomb is company founded in 1853 Germans John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lombbased. It is one of the world's leading suppliers of contact lenses and lens care products in the world. Bausch & Lomb is well known because of the famous Ray-Ban sunglasses. Company employs over 12,000 people in 37 countries.

BOL - music feature of Indian rhythm
Bol used in Indian music to define rhythmic pattern and the concept behind the classical tabla. It mean "to speak" from the Hindi word bolna. Bol - mnemonic syllables are used in a variety of classical drumming in India. They are found in the mridngam, tabla and pakhawaj.  

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