Bosnia

See also: bosnia, bósnia, bosnià, Bosnía, Bósnia, Bośnia, and Bòsnia

English

Etymology

From the name of the river Bosna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑz.ni.ə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Bosnia

1. The northern three-fourths of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a geographic and historical entity, not an administrative unit.
2. Clipping of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (the whole country).

Translations

northern part of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a geographic and historical entity

• Armenian: Բոսնիա (Bosnia)
• Belarusian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija), (Taraškievica orthography) Бо́сьнія f (Bósʹnija)
• Catalan: Bòsnia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波斯尼亞／波斯尼亚 (zh) (Bōsīníyà), 波斯尼亚 (zh) (Bōsīníyà)

• Danish: Bosnien
• Estonian: Bosnia (et)
• Faroese: Bosnia n
• Finnish: Bosnia (fi)
• French: Bosnie (fr) f
• German: Bosnien (de) n
• Irish: An Bhoisnia f
• Japanese: ボスニア (Bosunia)
• Khmer: បូស៊្នី (km) (bo sni)
• Latvian: Bosnija f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maltese: Il-Bożnja f
• Portuguese: Bósnia (pt) f
• Romanian: Bosnia (ro) f
• Russian: Бо́сния (ru) f (Bósnija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бо̏сна f

  Roman: Bȍsna (sh) f

• Slovak: Bosna f
• Slovene: Bósna (sl) f
• Swedish: Bosnien (sv)
• Tagalog: Bosnya
• Turkish: Bosna (tr)
• Uyghur: بوسنىيە (bosniye)
• Volapük: Bosniän (vo)
• Yiddish: באָסניע f (bosnye)

short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina'

• Abaza: Босния (Bosnija)
• Afrikaans: Bosnië (af)
• Arabic: الْبُوسْنَة (al-būsna)
• Armenian: Բոսնիա (Bosnia)
• Bashkir: ^{(please verify)} Босния (Bosniya)
• Basque: Bosnia
• Belarusian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija), (Taraškievica orthography) Бо́сьнія f (Bósʹnija)
• Bengali: বসনিয়া (bosniẏa)
• Bulgarian: Бо́сна (bg) (Bósna)
• Catalan: Bòsnia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波黑 (zh) (Bōhēi), 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 (zh) (Bōsīníyà hé Hēisàigēwéinà)

• Czech: Bosna (cs) f
• Danish: Bosnien
• Dhivehi: ބޮސްނިއާ (bosniā)
• Dutch: Bosnië (nl)
• Estonian: Bosnia (et)
• Faroese: Bosnia n
• Finnish: Bosnia (fi)
• French: Bosnie (fr)
• German: Bosnien (de)
• Greek: Βοσνία (el) (Vosnía)
• Hebrew: בוסניה (bosnia)
• Hindi: बोसनिया (bosniyā)
• Hungarian: Bosznia (hu)
• Icelandic: Bosnía
• Indonesian: Bosnia
• Irish: An Bhoisnia f
• Italian: Bosnia
• Japanese: ボスニア (Bosunia)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Karakalpak: Босния, Bosniya
• Kazakh: Босния (Bosniä)
• Khakas: Босния (Bosniya)
• Khmer: បូស៊្នី (km) (bo sni)
• Komi-Zyrian: Босния (Bosńija)
• Korean: 보스니아 (Boseunia)
• Kumyk: Босния (Bosniya)
• Kyrgyz: Босния (ky) (Bosniya)
• Latin: Bosnia
• Latvian: Bosnija f
• Macedonian: Босна (Bosna)
• Maltese: Il-Bożnja f
• Pashto: بوسنيا (Bosniyā)
• Polish: Bośnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bósnia (pt)
• Romanian: Bosnia (ro) f
• Russian: Бо́сния (ru) f (Bósnija)
• Sardinian: Bòsnia
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бо̏сна f

  Roman: Bȍsna (sh) f

• Slovak: Bosna f
• Slovene: Bósna (sl) f
• Spanish: Bosnia
• Swedish: Bosnien (sv)
• Tagalog: Bosnya
• Tajik: Босния (Bosniya)
• Turkish: Bosna (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бо́снія (Bósnija)
• Urdu: بوسنیا (bosniyā)
• Yiddish: באָסניע f (bosnye)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Northern Altai: ^{(please verify)} Босния (Bosniya)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Southern Altai: ^{(please verify)} Босния (Bosniya)

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

Anagrams

• basion, bonsai, sabino

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Asturian

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥`osniɑ̯/, [ˈb̥`osnʲiɑ̯]

Proper noun

Bosnia (genitive Bosnia, partitive Bosniat, illative Bosniasse)

1. Bosnia (northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Declension

Declension of Bosnia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Bosnia	Bosniad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Bosnia
genitive			Bosniate
partitive		Bosniat	Bosniaid
illative		Bosniasse	Bosniatesse Bosniaisse
inessive		Bosnias	Bosniates Bosniais
elative		Bosniast	Bosniatest Bosniaist
allative		Bosniale	Bosniatele Bosniaile
adessive		Bosnial	Bosniatel Bosniail
ablative		Bosnialt	Bosniatelt Bosniailt
translative		Bosniaks	Bosniateks Bosniaiks
terminative		Bosniani	Bosniateni
essive		Bosniana	Bosniatena
abessive		Bosniata	Bosniateta
comitative		Bosniaga	Bosniatega

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.znja/
• Hyphenation: bòs‧nia

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

Derived terms

• bosniaco

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Bosna

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbos.ni.a/, [ˈbɔs̠niä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbos.ni.a/, [ˈbɔzniä]

Proper noun

Bosnia f sg (genitive Bosniae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Bosnia
2. (Medieval Latin, obsolete) Synonym of Mysia Inferior.
   • 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:

     In nona Tabula[:] Iaziges metanastae[,] Dacia Vulachia[,] Mysia superior: Seruia[,] Mysia inferior Bosna[,] Tratia[,] Chersonesus.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bosnia
Genitive	Bosniae
Dative	Bosniae
Accusative	Bosniam
Ablative	Bosniā
Vocative	Bosnia

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbosnja/ [ˈboz.nja]

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

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Võro

Proper noun

Bosnia (genitive Bosnia, partitive Bosniat)

1. Bosnia

Inflection

Inflection of Bosnia

	singular	plural
nominative	Bosnia	—
accusative	Bosnia	—
genitive	Bosnia	—
partitive	Bosniat	—
illative	Bosniahe	—
inessive	Bosnian Bosniahn	—
elative	Bosniast	—
allative	Bosnialõ	—
adessive	Bosnial	—
ablative	Bosnialt	—
translative	Bosnias	—
terminative	Bosnianiq	—
abessive	Bosnialdaq	—
comitative	Bosniagaq	—