Bosnia

Bosnia

See also: bosnia, bósnia, bosnià, Bosnía, Bósnia, Bośnia, and Bòsnia

English

Etymology

From the name of the river Bosna.

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Bosnia

1. The northern three-fourths of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a geographic and historical entity, not an administrative unit.
2. Ellipsis of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (the whole country).

Coordinate terms

• Albania
• Balkans
• Croatia
• Greater Albania
• Greater Croatia
• Greater Serbia
• Greater Yugoslavia
• Herzegovina
• Serbia
• Yugoslavia

 

Derived terms

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosniak
• Bosnian

 

Translations

northern part of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a geographic and historical entity

Arabic: Hijazi Arabic: بوسنة‎ f (bōsna) Armenian: Բոսնիա (Bosnia) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܿܣܢܝܼܵܐ‎ f (Bosniya) Belarusian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija), (Taraškievica orthography) Бо́сьнія f (Bósʹnija) Bulgarian: Бо́сна (bg) f (Bósna) Catalan: Bòsnia f Chinese: Mandarin: 波斯尼亞／波斯尼亚 (zh) (Bōsīníyà) Czech: Bosna (cs) f Danish: Bosnien Estonian: Bosnia (et) Faroese: Bosnia n Finnish: Bosnia (fi) French: Bosnie (fr) f Friulian: Bosgnie f Galician: Bosnia (gl) German: Bosnien (de) n Greek: Βοσνία (el) f (Vosnía) Irish: An Bhoisnia f Japanese: ボスニア (Bosunia) Khmer: បូស៊្នី (km) (bousnii), បូស្នៀ (bousniə) Latvian: Bosnija f Macedonian: Босна f (Bosna) Maltese: Il-Bożnja f Polish: Bośnia (pl) f Portuguese: Bósnia (pt) f Romanian: Bosnia (ro) f Russian: Бо́сния (ru) f (Bósnija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Бо̏сна f Roman: Bȍsna (sh) f Slovak: Bosna f Slovene: Bósna (sl) f Swedish: Bosnien (sv) Tagalog: Bosnya Turkish: Bosna (tr) Ukrainian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija) Uyghur: بوسنىيە‎ (bosniye) Volapük: Bosniän (vo) Yiddish: באָסניע‎ f (bosnye)

short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina'

Albanian: Bosnje, Boshnjëria Abaza: Босния (Bosnija) Afrikaans: Bosnië (af) Arabic: الْبُوسْنَة‎ (al-būsna) Armenian: Բոսնիա (Bosnia) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܿܣܢܝܼܵܐ‎ f (Bosniya) Bashkir: (please verify) Босния (Bosniya) Basque: Bosnia Belarusian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija), (Taraškievica orthography) Бо́сьнія f (Bósʹnija) Bengali: বসনিয়া (bôsôniya) Bulgarian: Бо́сна (bg) (Bósna) Catalan: Bòsnia f Chinese: Mandarin: 波黑 (zh) (Bōhēi), 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 (zh) Czech: Bosna (cs) f Danish: Bosnien Dhivehi: ބޮސްނިއާ‎ (bosniā) Dutch: Bosnië (nl) Estonian: Bosnia (et) Faroese: Bosnia n Finnish: Bosnia (fi) French: Bosnie (fr) Galician: Bosnia (gl) German: Bosnien (de) Greek: Βοσνία (el) (Vosnía) Hausa: Bosniya Hebrew: בוסניה‎ (bosnia) Hindi: बोसनिया (bosniyā) Hungarian: Bosznia (hu) Icelandic: Bosnía Indonesian: Bosnia Irish: An Bhoisnia f Italian: Bosnia Japanese: ボスニア (Bosunia) Karakalpak: Босния, Bosniya Kazakh: Босния (Bosniä) Khakas: Босния (Bosniya) Khmer: បូស៊្នី (km) (bousnii), បូស្នៀ (bousniə) Komi-Zyrian: Босния (Bosnʹija) Korean: 보스니아 (Boseunia) Kumyk: Босния (Bosniya) Kyrgyz: Босния (ky) (Bosniya) Latin: Bosnia Latvian: Bosnija f Macedonian: Босна (Bosna) Maltese: Il-Bożnja f Pashto: بوسنيا‎ (Bosniyā) Polish: Bośnia (pl) f Portuguese: Bósnia (pt) Romanian: Bosnia (ro) f Russian: Бо́сния (ru) f (Bósnija) Sardinian: Bòsnia Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Бо̏сна f Roman: Bȍsna (sh) f Slovak: Bosna f Slovene: Bósna (sl) f Spanish: Bosnia Swedish: Bosnien (sv) Tagalog: Bosnya Tajik: Босния (Bosniya) Turkish: Bosna (tr) Ukrainian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija) Urdu: بوسنیا‎ (bosniyā) Yiddish: באָסניע‎ f (bosnye)

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Translations to be checked

Northern Altai: (please verify) Босния (Bosniya) Southern Altai: (please verify) Босния (Bosniya)

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

Anagrams

• basion, bonsai, sabino

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Asturian

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥osʲniɑ̯/, [ˈb̥osʲnʲiɑ̯]

Proper noun

Bosnia (genitive Bosnia, partitive Bosniat)

1. Bosnia (northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Declension

Inflection of Bosnia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	Bosnia	—
accusative	Bosnia	—
genitive	Bosnia	—
partitive	Bosniat	—
illative	Bosniasse	—
inessive	Bosnias	—
elative	Bosniast	—
allative	Bosniale	—
adessive	Bosnial	—
ablative	Bosnialt	—
translative	Bosniaks	—
terminative	Bosniani	—
essive	Bosniana	—
abessive	Bosniata	—
comitative	Bosniaga	—

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Galician

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

Related terms

• bosníaco

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.znja/
• Rhymes: -ɔznja
• Hyphenation: Bò‧snia

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

Derived terms

• bosniaco

Anagrams

• Sabino, basino

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Bosna

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbos.ni.a/, [ˈbɔs̠niä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbos.ni.a/, [ˈbɔzniä]

Proper noun

Bosnia f sg (genitive Bosniae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Bosnia
2. (Medieval Latin, obsolete) Synonym of Mysia Inferior.
   • 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:

     In nona Tabula[:] Iaziges metanastae[,] Dacia Vulachia[,] Mysia superior: Seruia[,] Mysia inferior Bosna[,] Tratia[,] Chersonesus.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bosnia
Genitive	Bosniae
Dative	Bosniae
Accusative	Bosniam
Ablative	Bosniā
Vocative	Bosnia

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

Related terms

• bosníaco
• bosnio

Anagrams

• boinas, bonsái

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Võro

Proper noun

Bosnia (genitive Bosnia, partitive Bosniat)

1. Bosnia

Inflection

Inflection of Bosnia

	singular	plural
nominative	Bosnia	—
accusative	Bosnia	—
genitive	Bosnia	—
partitive	Bosniat	—
illative	Bosniahe	—
inessive	Bosnian Bosniahn	—
elative	Bosniast	—
allative	Bosnialõ	—
adessive	Bosnial	—
ablative	Bosnialt	—
translative	Bosnias	—
terminative	Bosnianiq	—
abessive	Bosnialdaq	—
comitative	Bosniagaq	—