Borneo

See also: borneo, Bornéo, and Borneó

English

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप (varuṇa-dvīpa, “island of Varuna”), therefore a doublet of Brunei.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹnioʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːni.əʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(ː)ɹnioʊ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈboənioʊ/
• Hyphenation: Bor‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Borneo

1. A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.

   Synonym: Kalimantan

Usage notes

Both the terms Borneo and Kalimantan are used to refer the whole island, yet the differences are mainly dialectal (Borneo are used in all three countries; while the usage of Kalimantan is restricted into Indonesia, or referring to the Indonesian portion in the strictest sense). In the past, the latter term was also used in Brunei and Malaysia, mainly by left-wing political groups that were once supported by the Old Order (e.g. North Kalimantan Communist Party).

	Borneo	Kalimantan
Brunei		The Indonesian portion
Malaysia
Indonesia	The entire island

Meronyms

• Brunei
• Central Kalimantan
• East Kalimantan
• North Kalimantan
• Sabah
• Sarawak
• South Kalimantan
• West Kalimantan

Holonyms

• Greater Sunda Islands

Derived terms

• Bornean
• Borneo birdwing Troides andromache)
• Borneo camphor
• Borneo catshark
• Borneo elephant
• Borneo rhinoceros
• Borneo river shark
• Borneo shark
• Borneo Time
• North Borneo

Translations

island

• Acehnese: Kalimantan
• Afrikaans: Borneo
• Arabic: بُورْنِيُو m (būrniyū)
• Armenian: Բոռնեո (hy) (Boṙneo)
• Balinese: Kalimantan
• Banjarese: Kalimantan
• Bengali: বোর্নিও (bōrniō)
• Bulgarian: Борнео (Borneo)
• Burmese: ဘော်နီယို (bhauniyui)
• Catalan: Borneo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 婆羅洲 / 婆罗洲 (po⁴ lo⁴ zau¹)

  Hokkien: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 婆羅洲 / 婆罗洲 (zh) (Póluózhōu)

• Czech: Borneo (cs) n
• Danish: Borneo
• Dutch: Borneo (nl) n
• Finnish: Borneo (fi)
• French: Bornéo (fr) m
• Georgian: ბორნეო (borneo), კალიმანტანი (ḳalimanṭani)
• German: Borneo (de) n
• Greek: Βόρνεο (el) n (Vórneo)
• Hebrew: בורנאו
• Hindi: वरुण (hi) (varuṇ), वरुण द्वीप (varuṇ dvīp)
• Hungarian: Borneó (hu)
• Icelandic: Borneó
• Indonesian: Kalimantan (id)
• Irish: Boirneo m
• Italian: Borneo (it)
• Japanese: ボルネオ (ja) (Boruneo)
• Javanese: Kalimantan
• Khmer: បរនេអូ (bɑɑneiʼou)
• Korean: 보르네오 (Boreune'o)
• Latin: Borneum n
• Latvian: Borneo, Kalimantāna
• Lithuanian: Borneo
• Macedonian: Борнео (Borneo)
• Malagasy: Borneo (mg)
• Malay: Borneo (ms)
• Malayalam: ബോർണിയോ (bōṟṇiyō)
• Marathi: बोर्नियो (borniyo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Borneo

  Nynorsk: Borneo

• Persian: بورنئو
• Polish: Borneo (pl) n
• Portuguese: Bornéu (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬੋਰਨਿਓ (bornio)
• Romanian: Borneo
• Russian: Борне́о (ru) m (Bornéo), Калиманта́н (ru) m (Kalimantán)
• Sanskrit: कर्पूरद्वीप (sa) (karpūradvīpa)
• Slovak: Borneo
• Slovene: Borneo
• Sundanese: Kalimantan
• Swedish: Borneo (sv)
• Tagalog: Borneo
• Tamil: போர்னியோ (pōrṉiyō)
• Telugu: బోర్నియో (bōrniyō)
• Thai: บอร์เนียว (bɔɔ-niao)
• Turkish: Borneo (tr)
• Urdu: بورنیو (bornyo)
• Vietnamese: Borneo (vi), Bà La Châu
• Volapük: Borneän (vo)

See also

• Kalimantan

Anagrams

• Oberon, bore on, booner, Oborne

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbornɛo]

Proper noun

Borneo n (relational adjective bornejský)

1. Borneo

Declension

Declension of Borneo (sg-only masculine inanimate in -o foreign)

	singular
nominative	Borneo
genitive	Bornea
dative	Borneu
accusative	Borneo
vocative	Borneo
locative	Borneu
instrumental	Borneem

Further reading

• “Borneo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Borneo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Portuguese?”)

The hamlet is attested as Klein Borneo in 1984. It was named after the island, presumably for its remoteness or the perceived unpleasant disposition of its inhabitants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr.neːˌjoː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bor‧neo

Proper noun

Borneo

Borneo n

1. Borneo, a Pacific island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei [from late 16th c.]
2. a hamlet in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

Hyponyms

• Brunei
• Kalimantan

Derived terms

• Borneoos

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Borneo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈborneo/, [ˈbo̞rne̞o̞]
• Rhymes: -orneo
• Syllabification^(key): Bor‧ne‧o
• Hyphenation^(key): Bor‧neo

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo

Declension

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Borneo" is Borneolla.

Inflection of Borneo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		Borneo	—
genitive		Borneon	—
partitive		Borneota	—
illative		Borneoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Borneo	—
accusative	nom.	Borneo	—
	gen.	Borneon
genitive		Borneon	—
partitive		Borneota	—
inessive		Borneossa	—
elative		Borneosta	—
illative		Borneoon	—
adessive		Borneolla	—
ablative		Borneolta	—
allative		Borneolle	—
essive		Borneona	—
translative		Borneoksi	—
abessive		Borneotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Borneo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Borneoni — accusative nom. Borneoni — gen. Borneoni genitive Borneoni — partitive Borneotani — inessive Borneossani — elative Borneostani — illative Borneooni — adessive Borneollani — ablative Borneoltani — allative Borneolleni — essive Borneonani — translative Borneokseni — abessive Borneottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Borneosi — accusative nom. Borneosi — gen. Borneosi genitive Borneosi — partitive Borneotasi — inessive Borneossasi — elative Borneostasi — illative Borneoosi — adessive Borneollasi — ablative Borneoltasi — allative Borneollesi — essive Borneonasi — translative Borneoksesi — abessive Borneottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Borneomme — accusative nom. Borneomme — gen. Borneomme genitive Borneomme — partitive Borneotamme — inessive Borneossamme — elative Borneostamme — illative Borneoomme — adessive Borneollamme — ablative Borneoltamme — allative Borneollemme — essive Borneonamme — translative Borneoksemme — abessive Borneottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Borneonne — accusative nom. Borneonne — gen. Borneonne genitive Borneonne — partitive Borneotanne — inessive Borneossanne — elative Borneostanne — illative Borneoonne — adessive Borneollanne — ablative Borneoltanne — allative Borneollenne — essive Borneonanne — translative Borneoksenne — abessive Borneottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Borneonsa — accusative nom. Borneonsa — gen. Borneonsa genitive Borneonsa — partitive Borneotaan Borneotansa — inessive Borneossaan Borneossansa — elative Borneostaan Borneostansa — illative Borneoonsa — adessive Borneollaan Borneollansa — ablative Borneoltaan Borneoltansa — allative Borneolleen Borneollensa — essive Borneonaan Borneonansa — translative Borneokseen Borneoksensa — abessive Borneottaan Borneottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• borneolainen

compounds

• borneonbeletti
• borneongibboni
• borneonkissa
• borneonmustapäästäinen
• borneonoranki
• borneonorava
• borneonpiikikäs
• borneonpiikkisika
• borneonvuoriorava

Malagasy

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo

Malay

Proper noun

Borneo (Jawi spelling بورنيو)

1. Borneo (an island of Southeast Asia)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Malay (Pulau) Borneo.

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo (large island in South-East Asia)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Malay (Pulau) Borneo.

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo (large island in South-East Asia)

Polish

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप (varuṇa-dvīpa, “island of Varuna”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrˈnɛ.ɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɔ
• Syllabification: Bor‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Borneo n (indeclinable)

1. Borneo (a large island of Southeast Asia, politically divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)

Derived terms

adjective

• borneański

Further reading

• Borneo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Borneo m

1. obsolete spelling of Bornéu

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈbɔrneɔ]

Proper noun

Borneo n (genitive singular Bornea, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Borneo (an island of Southeast Asia)

References

• “Borneo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾˈneo/ [boɾˈne.o]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: Bor‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Borneo ?

1. Borneo

   Synonym: (obsolete) Borney

Derived terms

• gato de Borneo