Borussia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Borussia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boʊˈɹʌʃə/

Proper noun

Borussia

1. Latin name of Prussia.
2. national personification of Prussia.
3. Short for Borussia Mönchengladbach, an association football club in Germany.
4. Short for Borussia Dortmund, an association football club in Germany.

Derived terms

• Borussian

Translations

Translations

• German: Borussia (de) f
• Latin: Borussia f
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• Russian: Бору́ссия f (Borússija)
• Ukrainian: Бору́ссія f (Borússija)

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Borussia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈrʊsi̯a/, [boˈʁʊsi̯a]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bo‧rus‧sia

Proper noun

Borussia f (proper noun, genitive Borussia or Borussias)

1. Borussia (kingdom)
2. Borussia (national personification of Prussia)
3. Short for Borussia Mönchengladbach, football club in Germany.
4. Short for Borussia Dortmund, football club in Germany.

Declension

Declension of Borussia [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Borussia
genitive	einer	der	Borussia, Borussias
dative	einer	der	Borussia
accusative	eine	die	Borussia

Derived terms

• Borusse
• Borussianer
• borussophil

Related terms

• Preußen

Further reading

• “Borussia” in Duden online

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Latin

Etymology

Borussī +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Borussia f sg (genitive Borussiae); first declension

1. Prussia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Borussia
genitive	Borussiae
dative	Borussiae
accusative	Borussiam
ablative	Borussiā
vocative	Borussia
locative	Borussiae

Derived terms

• Borussia Orientālis

Further reading

• Borussia on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la