Bosnia and Herzegovina

English

Alternative forms

• BiH, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Herzeg-Bosnia

Etymology

From Bosnia +‎ and +‎ Herzegovina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə ænd ˌhɜɹ.t͡sɨ.ɡoʊˈviː.nə/, enPR: bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə ænd hɜɹ.t͡sɨˈɡoʊ.vɨn.ə/, enPR: bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə ənd ˌhɜɹ.t͡sɨ.ɡoʊˈviː.nə/, enPR: bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə ənd hɜɹ.t͡sɨˈɡoʊ.vɨn.ə/, enPR: bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə

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Proper noun

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2. A country on the Balkan Peninsula which has the capital Sarajevo and which, until 1992, was part of Yugoslavia.

Coordinate terms

• Albania
• Balkans
• Croatia
• Greater Albania
• Greater Croatia
• Greater Serbia
• Greater Yugoslavia
• Serbia
• Yugoslavia

 

Derived terms

• Bosnia and Herzegovinian

Related terms

• Bosnia
• Bosniak
• Bosnian
• Herzeg-Bosnia
• Herzegovina
• Herzegovinan
• Herzegovinian

 

Translations

country on the Balkan peninsula

• Abaza: Босния-Герцеговина (Bosnija-Gercegovina)
• Acehnese: Bosnia Hèrzègovina
• Afrikaans: Bosnië-Herzegowina
• Albanian: Bosnja dhe Hercegovina (sq) f
• Amharic: ቦስኒያና ሄርጸጎቪና (bosniyana herṣägovina)
• Arabic: الْبُوسْنَة وَالْهَرْسَك‎ f (al-būsna wa-l-harsak)

  Hijazi Arabic: البوسنة و الهرسك‎ f (al-bōsna wa-l-harsak)

• Aramaic: ܒܘܣܢܐ ܘܗܪܬܣܓܘܒܝܢܐ‎
• Armenian: Բոսնիա եւ Հերցեգովինա (Bosnia ew Hercʿegovina)
• Asturian: Bosnia y Hercegovina
• Azerbaijani: Bosniya-Herseqovina, Bosniya və Herseqovina (az)
• Bashkir: Босния һәм Герцеговина (Bosniya häm Gertsegovina)
• Basque: Bosnia-Herzegovina (eu)
• Belarusian: Бо́снія і Герцагаві́на f (Bósnija i Hjercahavína), Бо́сьнія і Герцагаві́на f (Bósʹnija i Hjercahavína) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: বসনিয়া ও হার্জেগোভিনা (bn) (bosniẏa ō harjegōbhina)
• Breton: Bosnia ha Herzegovina
• Bulgarian: Бо́сна и Херцего́вина f (Bósna i Hercegóvina)
• Burmese: ဘော့စနီးယားနှင့်ဟာဇီဂိုဗီးနား (bhau.ca.ni:ya:hnang.hajiguibi:na:)
• Catalan: Bòsnia i Hercegovina (ca) f
• Chechen: Босни-Герцеговина (Bosni-Gercegowina)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (full name) 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那／波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 (zh) (Bōsīníyà hé Hēisāigēwéinà), (abbreviation) 波黑 (zh) (Bōhēi)

• Crimean Tatar: Bosna ve Hersek
• Czech: Bosna a Hercegovina (cs) f
• Danish: Bosnien-Hercegovina (da), Bosnien og Hercegovina
• Dhivehi: ބޮސްނިއާ‎ (bosniā), ބޮސްނިޔާ އެންޑް ހެރްޒިގޮވީނާ‎ (dv) (bosniyā en̊ḍ herzigovīnā)
• Dutch: Bosnië en Herzegovina (nl)
• Esperanto: Bosnio-Hercegovino, Bosnio kaj Hercegovino
• Estonian: Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina (et)
• Farefare: Bɔsnɛrgɔ
• Faroese: Bosnia-Hersegovina
• Finnish: Bosnia ja Hertsegovina (fi)
• French: Bosnie-Herzégovine (fr) f, (rare) Bosnie-et-Herzégovine (fr) f
• Galician: Bosnia e Hercegovina (gl)
• Georgian: ბოსნია და ჰერცეგოვინა (ka) (bosnia da hercegovina), ბოსნია-ჰერცეგოვინა (bosnia-hercegovina)
• German: Bosnien und Herzegowina (de) n
• Greek: Βοσνία και Ερζεγοβίνη (el) f (Vosnía kai Erzegovíni)
• Hausa: Bosnia da Herzegovina
• Hebrew: בּוֹסְנִיָּה וְהֶרְצֶגוֹבִינָה‎ (he) f (bosniya v'hertsegovina)
• Hindi: बोसनिया हर्ज़ेगोविना (bosniyā harzegovinā)
• Hungarian: Bosznia-Hercegovina (hu), Bosznia és Hercegovina (hu)
• Icelandic: Bosnía og Hersegóvína (is)
• Ido: Bosnia e Herzegovina (io)
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Interlingua: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia e Herzegovina
• Irish: an Bhoisnia-Heirseagaivéin f, an Bhoisnia agus an Heirseagaivéin f
• Italian: Bosnia-Erzegovina f, Bosnia ed Erzegovina (it) f
• Japanese: ボスニア・ヘルツェゴヴィナ (ja) (Bosunia-Herutsegovina), ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ (ja) (Bosunia-Herutsegobina)
• Kabardian: Босниерэ Герцеговинэрэ (Bosnijerɛ Ɣercegʷovinɛrɛ)
• Kannada: ಬೊಸ್ನಿಯ ಮತ್ತು ಹೆರ್ಜೆಗೊವಿನ (kn) (bosniya mattu herjegovina)
• Karachay-Balkar: Босния бла Герцеговина (Bosniya bla Gertsegovina)
• Karakalpak: Bosniya ha'm Gertsegovina
• Kashubian: Bòsniô ë Hercegòwina f
• Kazakh: Босния және Герцеговина (kk) (Bosniä jäne Gersegovina)
• Khakas: Босния паза Герцеговина (Bosniya paza Gertsegovina)
• Khmer: បូស្នៀ និង ហេហ្សេហ្គូវីណា (bousniə nɨng heezeeguuviinaa)
• Komi-Zyrian: Босния да Герцеговина (Bosńija da Gercegovina), Босния-Герцеговина (Bosńija-Gercegovina)
• Korean: 보스니아 헤르체고비나 (Boseunia Hereuchegobina), 보스니아 헤르쩨고비나 (Boseunia Hereujjegobina) (North Korea)
• Kumyk: Босния ва Герцеговина (Bosniya wa Gertsegowina)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Bosna-Hersek

• Kyrgyz: Босния жана Герцеговина (Bosniya jana Gertsegovina)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ບົດສະນີແຮກເຊໂກວີນ (bot sa nī hǣk sē kō wīn)
• Latin: Bosnia et Herzegovia, Bosnia et Herzegovina
• Latvian: Bosnija un Hercegovina f
• Lithuanian: Bosnija ir Hercegovina (lt)
• Low German: Bosnien-Herzegowina (nds)
• Macedonian: Босна и Херцеговина (mk) (Bosna i Hercegovina)
• Malay: Bosnia dan Herzegovina
• Malayalam: ബോസ്നിയ ഹെർസെഗോവിന (bōsniya heṟsegōvina)
• Maltese: Il-Bożnja u Ħerzegovina f
• Maori: Pōngia-Herekōmina
• Mongolian: Босни-Герцаговин (Bosni-Gercagovin), Босни ба Герцеговин (Bosni ba Gercegovin), Босни ба Херцеговина (Bosni ba Xercegovina)
• Navajo: Bosna dóó Hetsog bikéyah
• Norman: Bosnie et Herzegovina f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bosnia-Hercegovina (no) n

  Nynorsk: Bosnia-Hercegovina (nn) n

• Pashto: بوسنيا‑هرزېګووين‎ f (bosnyā-herzogowín)
• Persian:

  Dari Persian: بوسنیا و هرزگوینا‎ (bōsniyā u harziguwīnā)

  Iranian Persian: بوسنی و هرزگوین‎ (bosni o herzegovin, bosni va herzegovin)

• Polish: Bośnia i Hercegowina (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bósnia-Herzegovina f
• Romanian: Bosnia și Herțegovina (ro) f
• Russian: Бо́сния и Герцегови́на (ru) f (Bósnija i Gercegovína)
• Rusyn: Бо́снія і Герцеґови́на f (Bósnija i Hercegovýna)
• Samogitian: Bosnėjė ėr Hercuogovėna
• Santali: ᱵᱚᱥᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱨᱡᱮᱜᱳᱵᱷᱤᱱᱟ (bôsniya ar harjegobhina)
• Scots: Bosnie en Herzegovinae
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бо̏сна и Хѐрцеговина f

  Roman: Bȍsna i Hèrcegovina f

• Shan: မိူင်းပေႃးသၼီးယႃး လႄႈ ႁႃႇၸီႇၵူဝ်းဝီးၼႃး (móeng páu sǎ níi yáa lāae hàa tsìi kó wíi náa)
• Sicilian: Bosnia-Erzegòvina f, Bosnia-Erzegovina f
• Silesian: Bośńa a Hercegowina f
• Sinhalese: බොස්‍නියා සහ හර්‍සෙගොවිනා (bosniyā saha harsegowinā)
• Slovak: Bosna a Hercegovina f
• Slovene: Bósna in Hercegovína f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Bosniska-Hercegowinska f

  Upper Sorbian: Bosniska a Hercegowina f

• Spanish: Bosnia-Herzegovina (es) f, Bosnia y Herzegovina (es) f
• Swahili: Bosnia na Herzegovina
• Swedish: Bosnien och Hercegovina (sv)
• Tagalog: Bosniya at Ersegobina
• Tajik: Босния ва Ҳерцеговина (Bosniya va Hertsegovina), Боснияу Ҳерцеговина (Bosniyau Hertsegovina)
• Tamil: போஸ்னியா ஹெர்ஸிகோவினா (pōsṉiyā hersikōviṉā)
• Tatar: Босния һәм Герцеговина (Bosniyähäm Gertsegowina)
• Telugu: బోస్నియా మరియు హెర్జెగొవీనా (te) (bōsniyā mariyu herjegovīnā)
• Thai: บอสเนียและเฮอร์เซโกวีนา (th) (bɔ́ɔs-niia lɛ́ həə-see-goo-wii-nâa)
• Tibetan: བྷོསུ་ནིཡ་དང་ཧར་ཛེ་གྷོ་ཝི་ན (bhosu niy dang har dze gho wi na)
• Tigrinya: ቦዝንያን ሄርዘጎቪናን (boznəyan herzägovinan)
• Turkish: Bosna-Hersek (tr)
• Turkmen: Bosniýa we Gersegowina
• Ukrainian: Бо́снія і Герцегови́на (uk) f (Bósnija i Hercehovýna), Бо́снія і Герцеґови́на f (Bósnija i Hercegovýna)
• Urdu: بوسنیا ہرزگووینا‎ (bosniyā harzigovīnā)
• Uyghur: بوسنىيە ۋە ھېرسېگوۋىنا‎ (bosniye we hërsëgowina)
• Uzbek: Bosniya va Gertsegovina
• Veps: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: Bô-xni-a Héc-xê-gô-vi-na
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Võro: Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina
• Votic: please add this translation if you can
• Walloon: Bosneye eyet Herzegovine
• Welsh: Bosna a Hercegovina
• West Frisian: Bosnje en Herzegovina
• Yakut: Босния уонна Герцеговина (Bosniya uonna Gertsegovina)
• Yiddish: באָסניע און הערצעגאָווינע‎ f (bosnye un hertsegovine)
• Yoruba: Bọ̀síníà àti Ẹtisẹgófínà

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 ла Герцеговина (Bosniya la Gercegovina)
• Southern Altai: ^{(please verify)} Босния ла Герцеговина (Bosniya la Gercegovina)

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City