Bonaire

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɒˈnɛɹ/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /bɒˈnɛː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Bonaire

2. An island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean, off the west coast of Venezuela.

Derived terms

• Bonairean

Translations

island

• Arabic: بُونِير (bōnēr)
• Armenian: Բոնեյրե (Boneyre)
• Azerbaijani: Boneyr
• Belarusian: Банайрэ (Banajre), Банер (Banjer)
• Bulgarian: Бонер (Boner)
• Cherokee: ᏉᎾᎵ (quonali)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博奈爾 / 博奈尔 (zh) (Bónài'ěr)

• Danish: Bonaire
• Dutch: Bonaire (nl) n
• Esperanto: Bonero
• Estonian: Bonaire
• Finnish: Bonaire (fi)
• French: Bonaire (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Bonêre n

• Georgian: ბონეირი (boneiri)
• German: Bonaire (de)
• Greek: Μποναίρ (el) f (Bonaír)
• Irish: Bonaire
• Italian: Bonaire f
• Japanese: ボネール (Bonēru)
• Kazakh: Бонэйр (Bonéir)
• Korean: 보네르 (Bonereu)
• Latin: Boni Aëris
• Lithuanian: Boneras m
• Macedonian: Бонер (Boner)
• Papiamentu: Boneiru
• Portuguese: Bonaire (pt)
• Punjabi: ਬੋਨੇਅਰ (boneara)
• Russian: Бона́йре (Bonájre)
• Sundanese: Bonére
• Swedish: Bonaire c
• Tamil: பொனெய்ர் (poṉeyr)
• Thai: โบแนเรอ (boh nae rer)
• Ukrainian: Бона́йре (Bonájre)

Further reading

• Bonaire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Uncertain. According to one hypothesis, the toponym derives from the Caquetio word bonay ("low country"). A derivation from Spanish buen (“good”) and aire (“air”) is less likely.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌboːˈnɛː.rə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛːrə
• Hyphenation: Bo‧nai‧re

Proper noun

Bonaire n

1. Bonaire (an island, dependent territory, and special municipality of the Netherlands in the Caribbean, off the west coast of Venezuela)

Derived terms

• ABC-eilanden
• BES-eilanden