Borneo

English

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Borneo

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

Derived terms

• Bornean
• Borneo elephant
• Borneo rhinoceres
• Borneo river shark
• Borneo shark

Translations

island

• Arabic: بورنيو (ar) (buurniyu) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婆羅洲 (cmn), 婆罗洲 (cmn) (Póluózhōu)

• Dutch: Borneo (nl)
• Finnish: Borneo (fi)
• French: Bornéo (fr) m
• Hindi: वरुण (hi) (varuṇ), वरुण द्वीप (hi) (varuṇ dvīp)

• Indonesian: Kalimantan (id)
• Japanese: ボルネオ (ja) (Boruneo)
• Javanese: Kalimantan (jv)
• Korean: 보르네오 (ko) (Boreune-o)
• Portuguese: Bornéu (pt)
• Russian: Борнео (ru) (Bornéo) m, Калимантан (ru) (Kalimantán) m

See also

• Kalimantan

Anagrams

• booner
• Oberon

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɔrneˌjoː/

Proper noun

Borneo

Borneo ?

1. Borneo: a Pacific island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei

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Finnish

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo

Declension

in Borneo = Borneolla

Declension of Borneo (type valtio) singular plural nominative Borneo – genitive Borneon – partitive Borneota – accusative Borneo Borneon – inessive Borneossa – elative Borneosta – illative Borneoon – adessive Borneolla – ablative Borneolta – allative Borneolle – essive Borneona – translative Borneoksi – instructive – – abessive Borneotta – comitative – –