Sarajevo
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”) (Persian سرای (sarāy, “inn”) [1]), and ova "plain, lowland".[2][3]
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌsɑrəˈjeɪvəʊ/
[edit] Proper noun
Sarajevo
- The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- A canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
city
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[edit] References
- ^ Etymology in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ 2003, Velikonja, Mitja, Religious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina[1], Texas A&M University Press, page 55:
- ^ 1983, Tomašević, Nebojša, Treasures of Yugoslavia[2], Yugoslaviapublic, page 315:
[edit] Esperanto
[edit] Proper noun
Sarajevo (accusative Sarajevon)
[edit] Holonyms
[edit] Estonian
[edit] Proper noun
Sarajevo
[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /sa.ʁa.je.vo/
[edit] Proper noun
Sarajevo
- Sarajevo (city)
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
[edit] Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”) (from Persian سرای (sarāy, “inn”)), and ova (“plain, lowland”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /sǎrajeʋo/
- Hyphenation: Sa‧ra‧je‧vo
[edit] Proper noun
Sàrajevo n. (Cyrillic spelling Са̀рајево)
- Sarajevo (city)
[edit] Declension
declension of Sarajevo
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sarajevo |
| genitive | Sarajeva |
| dative | Sarajevu |
| accusative | Sarajevo |
| vocative | Sarajevo |
| locative | Sarajevu |
| instrumental | Sarajevom |
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- English terms derived from Turkish
- English terms derived from Persian
- English proper nouns
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- Esperanto proper nouns
- eo:Capital cities
- Estonian proper nouns
- et:Capital cities
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- French proper nouns
- fr:Capital cities
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Persian
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- sh:Cities