Borneo

Borneo

See also: borneo, Bornéo, and Borneó

English

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप (varuṇa-dvīpa, “island of Varuna”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹnioʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːni.əʊ/

• Audio (UK)

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• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(ː)ɹnioʊ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈboənioʊ/
• Hyphenation: Bor‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Borneo

1. A Pacific island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

Derived terms

• Bornean
• Borneo birdwing Troides andromache)
• Borneo elephant
• Borneo rhinoceros
• Borneo river shark
• Borneo shark

 

Translations

island

Arabic: بُورْنِيُو‎ m (būrniyū) Chinese: Cantonese: please add this translation if you can Mandarin: 婆羅洲／婆罗洲 (zh) (Póluózhōu) Min Nan: please add this translation if you can Czech: Borneo (cs) n Danish: Borneo Dutch: Borneo (nl) n Finnish: Borneo (fi) French: Bornéo (fr) m Georgian: ბორნეო (borneo), კალიმანტანი (ḳalimanṭani) German: Borneo (de) n Greek: Βόρνεο (el) n (Vórneo) Hindi: वरुण (hi) (varuṇ), वरुण द्वीप (varuṇ dvīp) Hungarian: Borneó (hu) Indonesian: Kalimantan (id) Irish: Boirneo m Japanese: ボルネオ (Boruneo) Javanese: Kalimantan Korean: 보르네오 (Boreune'o) Latin: Borneo Malagasy: Borneo Malay: Borneo Norwegian: Bokmål: Borneo Nynorsk: Borneo Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: Borneo (pl) n Portuguese: Bornéu (pt) m Punjabi: ਬੋਰਨਿਓ (bornio) Russian: Борне́о (ru) m (Bornéo), Калиманта́н (ru) m (Kalimantán) Sanskrit: कर्पूरद्वीप (sa) (karpūradvīpa) Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: please add this translation if you can Thai: บอร์เนียว Vietnamese: Borneo (vi), Bà La Châu Volapük: Borneän (vo)

See also

• Kalimantan

Anagrams

• Oberon, booner

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Czech

Proper noun

Borneo n

1. Borneo

Derived terms

• bornejský

Further reading

• Borneo in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Borneo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Portuguese?”)

The hamlet is attested as Klein Borneo in 1984. It was named after the island, presumably for its remoteness or the perceived unpleasant disposition of its inhabitants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr.neːˌjoː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Bor‧neo

Proper noun

Borneo

Borneo n

1. Borneo, a Pacific island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei [from late 16th c.]
2. A hamlet in Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

Hyponyms

• Brunei
• Kalimantan

Derived terms

• Borneoos

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Borneo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈborneo/, [ˈbo̞rne̞o̞]
• Rhymes: -orneo
• Syllabification^(key): Bor‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo

Declension

in Borneo = Borneolla

Inflection of Borneo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		Borneo	—
genitive		Borneon	—
partitive		Borneota	—
illative		Borneoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Borneo	—
accusative	nom.	Borneo	—
	gen.	Borneon
genitive		Borneon	—
partitive		Borneota	—
inessive		Borneossa	—
elative		Borneosta	—
illative		Borneoon	—
adessive		Borneolla	—
ablative		Borneolta	—
allative		Borneolle	—
essive		Borneona	—
translative		Borneoksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Borneotta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Borneo (type valtio)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Borneoni	Borneomme
2nd person	Borneosi	Borneonne
3rd person	Borneonsa

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Malagasy

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Malay (Pulau) Borneo.

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo (large island in South-East Asia)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Malay (Pulau) Borneo.

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo (large island in South-East Asia)

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Polish

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप (varuṇa-dvīpa, “island of Varuna”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrˈnɛ.ɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɔ
• Syllabification: Bor‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Borneo n (indeclinable)

1. Borneo (a large island in Southeast Asia, politically divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)

Derived terms

adjective

• borneański

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Borneo f

1. Obsolete spelling of Bornéu

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborneo]

Proper noun

Borneo n (genitive singular Bornea, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Borneo (an island in Southeast Asia)

References

• Borneo in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾˈneo/ [boɾˈne.o]

• Audio (Spain)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: Bor‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Borneo ?

1. Borneo

   Synonym: (obsolete) Borney

Derived terms

• gato de Borneo