[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.351 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.351 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.351 - **Language:** English ### [c10.351](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.351) The following passage from St Jerome, giving an etymology, right or wrong, of the word \*boa\*, which our naturalists now limit to certain great serpents of America, but which is often popularly applied to the pythons of E. Asia, shows a remarkable analogy to Ray’s explanation of the name \*Anacandaia\*:— - [Previous: c10.350](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.350) - [Next: c10.352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.352) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.351](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.351) · Pramāṇa