Borussia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Borussia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boʊˈɹʌʃə/

Proper noun

Borussia

1. The national personification of Prussia.
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2. Ellipsis of Borussia Mönchengladbach (“an association football club in Germany”).
3. Ellipsis of Borussia Dortmund (“an association football club in Germany”).

Derived terms

• Borussian

Translations

Translations

• German: Borussia (de) f
• Latin: Borussia f
• Russian: Бору́ссия f (Borússija)
• Ukrainian: Бору́ссія f (Borússija)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Borussia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈrʊsi̯a/, [boˈʁʊsi̯a]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Bo‧rus‧sia

Proper noun

Borussia f (proper noun, genitive Borussia or Borussias)

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

Declension

Declension of Borussia [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Borussia
genitive	einer	der	Borussia, Borussias
dative	einer	der	Borussia
accusative	eine	die	Borussia

Derived terms

• Borusse
• Borussianer
• borussophil

Related terms

• Preußen

Further reading

• “Borussia” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Borūssī

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin Borūssia

From Borūssī + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɔˈruːs.si.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [boˈrus.si.a]

Proper noun

Borūssia f sg (genitive Borūssiae); 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 federal state of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947, mostly in areas now part of Germany, Poland and Russia)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Borūssia
genitive	Borūssiae
dative	Borūssiae
accusative	Borūssiam
ablative	Borūssiā
vocative	Borūssia

Derived terms

• Borūssia Orientālis

Further reading

• Borussia on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la