Bonaire

English

Proper noun

Bonaire

1. An island in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the west coast of Venezuela, a special municipality of the Netherlands.

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: 博奈尔 (Bónài'ěr)

• Danish: Bonaire
• Dutch: Bonaire (nl) n
• Esperanto: Bonero
• Estonian: Bonaire
• Finnish: Bonaire (fi)
• French: Bonaire (fr) f
• 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
• Punjabi: ਬੋਨੇਅਰ (boneara)
• Russian: Бона́йре (Bonájre)
• Sundanese: Bonére
• Swedish: Bonaire c
• Tamil: பொனெய்ர் (poṉeyr)
• Thai: โบแนเรอ (boh nae rer)
• Ukrainian: Бона́йре (Bonájre)
• West Frisian: Bonêre n

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

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• Hyphenation: Bo‧nai‧re

Proper noun

Bonaire n

1. An island and special municipality in the Netherlands in the Caribbean Sea.