Bosnia

English

Etymology

From the name of the river Bosna.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑz.ni.ə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Bosnia

  1. A geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country.
  2. A country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    • 2015, Various Authors, “Responses to David N. Gibbs Article by John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha V Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, K ajan, Kees van der Pijl, an der Pijl, and John Feffer”, in Class, Race and Corporate Power[1], volume 3, number 2, page 14:
      On behalf of many Bosnian war victims’ and survivors’ organizations in Bosnia and North America we urge you to end all contact and co-operation with Mr. Parenti without delay or hesitation.

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Translations

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See also

Anagrams

Asturian

Proper noun

Bosnia f

  1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
  2. Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Estonian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥osniɑ̯/, [ˈb̥osnʲiɑ̯]
  • Rhymes: -osniɑ
  • Hyphenation: Bos‧nia

Proper noun

Bosnia (genitive Bosnia, partitive Bosniat)

  1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
  2. (nonstandard) Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina)

Usage notes

  • The plural can be formed but does not normally occur.

Declension

Declension of Bosnia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Bosnia Bosniad
accusative nom.
gen. Bosnia
genitive Bosniate
partitive Bosniat Bosniaid
illative Bosniasse Bosniatesse
Bosniaisse
inessive Bosnias Bosniates
Bosniais
elative Bosniast Bosniatest
Bosniaist
allative Bosniale Bosniatele
Bosniaile
adessive Bosnial Bosniatel
Bosniail
ablative Bosnialt Bosniatelt
Bosniailt
translative Bosniaks Bosniateks
Bosniaiks
terminative Bosniani Bosniateni
essive Bosniana Bosniatena
abessive Bosniata Bosniateta
comitative Bosniaga Bosniatega

References

  • Bosnia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • Bosnia”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Galician

Proper noun

Bosnia f

  1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
  2. Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔz.nja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔznja
  • Hyphenation: Bò‧snia

Proper noun

Bosnia f

  1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
  2. Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bosnia f sg (genitive Bosniae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Bosnia:
    1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
    2. Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  2. (Medieval Latin, obsolete) synonym of Mysia Inferior

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Bosnia
genitive Bosniae
dative Bosniae
accusative Bosniam
ablative Bosniā
vocative Bosnia

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbosnja/ [ˈboz.nja]
  • Rhymes: -osnja
  • Syllabification: Bos‧nia

Proper noun

Bosnia f

  1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
  2. Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Anagrams

Võro

Proper noun

Bosnia (genitive Bosnia, partitive Bosniat)

  1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
  2. Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Inflection

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔsnja/

Proper noun

Bosnia f

  1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
  2. Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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