Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans Bloemfontein, from Dutch Bloemfontein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbluːmfɒnˌteɪn/

Proper noun

Bloemfontein

1. A major city, the capital of Free State province, and judicial capital of South Africa.

Translations

city

Afrikaans: Bloemfontein (af) Chinese: Mandarin: 布隆方丹 (zh) (Bùlóngfāngdān) Danish: Bloemfontein Dutch: Bloemfontein n French: Bloemfontein (fr) m German: Bloemfontein (de) n Greek: Μπλουμφοντέιν (el) n (Bloumfontéin) Indonesian: Bloemfontein Japanese: ブルームフォンテーン (Burūmufontēn) Korean: 블룸폰테인 (ko) (Beullumpontein) Polish: Bloemfontein (pl) n Portuguese: Bloemfontein (pt) f Russian: Блу́мфонте́йн m (Blúmfontɛ́jn) Sotho: Mangaung (st) Spanish: Bloemfontein (es) Zulu: please add this translation if you can

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Bloemfontein; equivalent to blom +‎ fontein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblumfɔntəi̯n/

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Proper noun

Bloemfontein

1. Bloemfontein (the judicial capital of South Africa)

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Dutch

Etymology

From bloem +‎ fontein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblum.fɔnˌtɛi̯n/
• Hyphenation: Bloem‧fon‧tein

Proper noun

Bloemfontein

1. Bloemfontein (a city in South Africa)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Bloemfontein

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans Bloemfontein, from Dutch Bloemfontein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blumˈfɔn.tɛjn/
• Rhymes: -ɔntɛjn
• Syllabification: Bloem‧fon‧tein

Proper noun

Bloemfontein n (indeclinable)

1. Bloemfontein (a city, the judicial capital of South Africa)

Further reading

• Bloemfontein in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Bloemfontein in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Bloemfontein f

1. Bloemfontein (the judicial capital of South Africa)