Bovisa

Bovisa
Quartiere of Milan
Piazza Giovanni Bausan
Piazza Giovanni Bausan
Country Italy
RegionLombardy
ProvinceMilan
ComuneMilan
Zone9
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Bovisa railway station

Bovisa (Western Lombard: [buˈʋiːza], Italian: [boˈviːza]) is a district (quartiere) of Milan, Italy, located north of the city center, in the Zone 9. The name is supposedly derived from the Italian word bove, meaning ox, as the area developed from an ancient rural settlement.