Bosnia

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

English

Etymology

From the name of the river Bosna.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə/
• (US) 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. Ellipsis of Bosnia and Herzegovina. (the entire country).

Coordinate terms

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

 

Derived terms

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosniak
• Bosnian

 

Translations

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

• Albanian: Bosnjë f, Bosnja f (definite)
• Arabic: الْبُوسْنَة f (al-būsna)

  Hijazi Arabic: بوسنة f (bōsna)

• Armenian: Բոսնիա (Bosnia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܿܣܢܝܼܵܐ f (Bosniya)
• Azerbaijani: Bosniya
• Belarusian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija), (Taraškievica orthography) Бо́сьнія f (Bósʹnija)
• Bengali: বসনিয়া (bn) (bosniẏa)
• Bulgarian: Бо́сна (bg) f (Bósna)
• Burmese: ဘော့စနီးယား (bhau.ca.ni:ya:)
• Catalan: Bòsnia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波斯尼亞／波斯尼亚 (zh) (Bōsīníyà)

• Czech: Bosna (cs) f
• Danish: Bosnien
• Estonian: Bosnia (et)
• Faroese: Bosnia n
• Finnish: Bosnia (fi)
• French: Bosnie (fr) f
• Friulian: Bosgnie f
• Galician: Bosnia (gl)
• Georgian: ბოსნია (bosnia)
• German: Bosnien (de) n
• Greek: Βοσνία (el) f (Vosnía)
• Gujarati: બોસ્નિયા (bosniyā)
• Hebrew: בּוֹסְנִיָּה f (bosniya)
• Hindi: बोसनिया m (bosniyā)
• Hungarian: Bosznia (hu) f
• Icelandic: Bosnía f
• Indonesian: Bosnia
• Irish: An Bhoisnia f
• Japanese: ボスニア (Bosunia)
• Kazakh: Босния (Bosniä)
• Khmer: បូស៊្នី (km) (bousnii), បូស្នៀ (bousniə)
• Korean: 보스니아 (Boseunia)
• Kyrgyz: Босния (ky) (Bosniya)
• Lao: ບົດສະນີ (bot sa nī)
• Latvian: Bosnija f
• Lithuanian: Bosnija (lt) f
• Macedonian: Босна f (Bosna)
• Malay: Bosnia
• Maltese: Il-Bożnja f
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Босни (Bosni)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bosnia n

• Pashto: بوسنيا f (bosnyā)
• Persian:

  Dari Persian: بوسْنِیَا (bōsniyā)

  Iranian Persian: بوسْنی (bôsni)

• Polish: Bośnia (pl) 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
• Tajik: Босния (Bosniya)
• Thai: บอสเนีย (th) (bɔ́ɔs-niia)
• Turkish: Bosna (tr)
• Turkmen: Bosniýa
• Ukrainian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija)
• Urdu: بوسْنِیا m (bosniyā)
• Uyghur: بوسنىيە (bosniye)
• Uzbek: Bosniya
• Vietnamese: Bô-xni-a
• Volapük: Bosniän (vo)
• Yiddish: באָסניע f (bosnye)

short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina'

• Abaza: Босния (Bosnija)
• Afrikaans: Bosnië (af)
• Albanian: Bosnje f, Boshnjëria f
• Arabic: الْبُوسْنَة (al-būsna)
• Armenian: Բոսնիա (Bosnia)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܿܣܢܝܼܵܐ f (Bosniya)
• Bashkir: ^{(please verify)} Босния
• Basque: Bosnia
• Belarusian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija), (Taraškievica orthography) Бо́сьнія f (Bósʹnija)
• Bengali: বসনিয়া (bn) (bosniẏa)
• Bulgarian: Бо́сна (bg) f (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 n
• Dhivehi: ބޮސްނިއާ (bosniā)
• Dutch: Bosnië (nl) n
• Estonian: Bosnia (et)
• Faroese: Bosnia n
• Finnish: Bosnia (fi)
• French: Bosnie (fr)
• Galician: Bosnia (gl)
• German: Bosnien (de)
• Greek: Βοσνία (el) (Vosnía)
• Gujarati: બોસ્નિયા (bosniyā)
• Hausa: Bosniya
• Hebrew: בוסניה (bosnia)
• Hindi: बोसनिया m (bosniyā)
• Hungarian: Bosznia (hu)
• Icelandic: Bosnía
• Indonesian: Bosnia
• Irish: An Bhoisnia f
• Italian: Bosnia
• Japanese: ボスニア (Bosunia)
• Karakalpak: Босния, Bosniya
• Kazakh: Босния (Bosniä)
• Khakas: Босния (Bosniya)
• Khmer: បូស៊្នី (km) (bousnii), បូស្នៀ (bousniə)
• Komi-Zyrian: Босния (Bosńija)
• Korean: 보스니아 (Boseunia)
• Kumyk: Босния (Bosniya)
• Kyrgyz: Босния (ky) (Bosniya)
• Latin: Bosnia f
• Latvian: Bosnija f
• Macedonian: Босна f (Bosna)
• Maltese: Il-Bożnja f
• Pashto: بوسنيا f (bosniyā)
• Persian:

  Dari Persian: بوسْنِیَا (bōsniyā)

  Iranian Persian: بوسْنی (bôsni)

• 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) n
• Tagalog: Bosnya
• Tajik: Босния (Bosniya)
• Turkish: Bosna (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija)
• Urdu: بوسْنِیا m (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)
• Southern Altai: ^{(please verify)} Босния (Bosniya)

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

Anagrams

• basion, bonsai, sabino

Asturian

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥osniɑ̯/, [ˈb̥osnʲiɑ̯]
• Rhymes: -osniɑ
• Hyphenation: Bos‧nia

Proper noun

Bosnia (genitive Bosnia, partitive Bosniat)

1. Bosnia (a historical region in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2. (nonstandard) Synonym of Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina

Usage notes

• The plural can be formed but does not normally occur

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

References

• Bosnia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Bosnia”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Galician

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

Related terms

• bosníaco

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.znja/
• Rhymes: -ɔznja
• Hyphenation: Bò‧snia

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

Derived terms

• bosniaco

Anagrams

• Sabino, basino

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbosnja/ [ˈboz.nja]
• Rhymes: -osnja
• Syllabification: Bos‧nia

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia

Related terms

• bosníaco
• bosnio

 

Anagrams

• boinas, bonsái

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	—