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Borussia

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Borussia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Borussia

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

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Borussia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /boˈrʊsi̯a/, [boˈʁʊsi̯a]
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  • Hyphenation: Bo‧rus‧sia

Proper noun

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Borussia f (proper noun, genitive Borussia or Borussias)

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

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Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borussī +‎ -ia

Proper noun

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Borussia f sg (genitive Borussiae); first declension

  1. (chiefly historical) Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe)
  2. (historical) Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a province of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947 in parts of modern Germany, Poland and Russia)

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

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