Hercegovina

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See also: Hercegovinā

English

Proper noun

Hercegovina

  1. Alternative spelling of Herzegovina

Derived terms


Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hercegovina f

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Derived terms


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɛrt͡sɛɡovɪna]

Proper noun

Hercegovina f

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Latvian

Hercegovina

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Херцеговина (Hercegovina), itself from German Herzog (duke), with a Slavic adjectival ending -(o)vina, referring to the medieval duchy of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, who took the title of Herceg (= Herzog, Duke) of Saint Sava in 1419.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Hercegovina f (4th declension)

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

historical regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Hercegovina f

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Derived from the title herceg (duke), from German Herzog, plus the Serbo-Croatian suffixes -ov and -ina, thus “Land of the Duke”. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hèrcegovina f (Cyrillic spelling Хѐрцеговина)

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Declension

Descendants


Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɛrt͡sɛɡɔʋìːna/

Proper noun

Hercegovína f

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative Hercegovína
genitive Hercegovíne
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Hercegovína
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Hercegovíne
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Hercegovíni
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Hercegovíno
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Hercegovíni
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Hercegovíno

Derived terms