Bor

Bor

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Norman Loftus Bor (1893-1972).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

Bor

1. A town in the Czech Republic.
2. One of several villages in Russia
3. A town in Serbia.
4. A city in South Sudan.
5. A village in Catalonia, Spain.
6. A village in Sweden.
7. A town in Turkey.

• ORB, ROB, Rob, bro, bro., orb, rob

From Italian porro (“leek, wart”), from Latin porrum.

Bor m

1. (Uri) wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

19th century, clipping of Borax.

• IPA^(key): /boːr/, [boːɐ̯], [bɔɐ̯]

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• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
• Homophone: bohr

Bor n (strong, genitive Bors, no plural)

1. boron

• (chemical element): Previous: Beryllium. Next: Kohlenstoff

• “Bor” in Duden online
• “Bor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From German Bor n and French bore m, both ultimately from Latin borax.

• IPA^(key): [boːʀ], [boˑə̯]
• Homophone: boer (one pronunciation)

Bor m (uncountable)

1. boron

From Proto-Slavic *boriti (“to fight”), bór (“conifer forest”), or personal names such as Borzysław and Borzymir.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɔr
• Syllabification: Bor
• Homophones: bohr, Bohr, bor, BOR

Bor m pers

1. a male surname

Bor f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̂r/
• IPA^(key): /bɔ̀r/

Bôr m anim

1. a male given name

• “Bor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Greek Πόρος (Póros)

Bor

1. a town and district of Niğde Province, Turkey

• Borlu

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–) “Bor”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)