Bosnia

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

English

Etymology

From the name of the river Bosna.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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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).

Derived terms

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosniak
• Bosnian

 

Coordinate terms

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

 

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), 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
• Irish: An Bhoisnia f
• Japanese: ボスニア (Bosunia)
• Khmer: បូស៊្នី (km) (bousnii), បូស្នៀ (bousniə)
• Latvian: Bosnija f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 (bosniẏa)
• Bulgarian: Бо́сна (bg) (Bósna)
• Catalan: Bòsnia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波黑 (zh) (Bōhēi), 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 (zh) (Bōsīníyà hé Hēisàigēwéinà)

• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Karakalpak: Босния, Bosniya
• Kazakh: Босния (Bosniä)
• Khakas: Босния (Bosniya)
• Khmer: បូស៊្នី (km) (bousnii), បូស្នៀ (bousniə)
• Komi-Zyrian: Босния (Bosńija)
• 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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Northern Altai: ^{(please verify)} Босния (Bosniya)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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): /ˈb̥osnjɑ/, [ˈb̥osnʲjɑ̈]

Proper noun

Bosnia (genitive Bosnia, partitive Bosniat)

1. Bosnia (northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Declension

Declension of Bosnia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Bosnia	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Bosnia
genitive			—
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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbos.ni.a/, [ˈbɔs̠niä]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	singular
nominative	Bosnia
genitive	Bosniae
dative	Bosniae
accusative	Bosniam
ablative	Bosniā
vocative	Bosnia

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbosnja/ [ˈboz.nja]

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	—