Bandar Seri Begawan

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Bandar Seri Begawan. Literally: "Port/City of the Revered Ruler".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑːndəɹ sɪˌɹiː bɪˈɡaʊ.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Bandar Seri Begawan

1. The capital city of Brunei.

Translations

capital of Brunei

• Afrikaans: Bandar Seri Begawan
• Arabic: بَنْدَر سِرِي بِكَاوَان f (bandar sirī bikawān)
• Armenian: Բանդար Սերի Բեգավան (hy) (Bandar Seri Begavan)
• Belarusian: Банда́р-Серы́-Бега́ван m (Bandár-Sjerý-Bjehávan)
• Bengali: বন্দর শ্রী ভগবান (bondor sri bhogban)
• Bulgarian: Банда́р Сери́ Бега́ван m (Bandár Serí Begávan)
• Burmese: ဘန်ဒါဆရီဘဂါဝမ် (bhandahca.ribha.gawam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯里巴加灣 (zh) (Sīlǐbājiāwān), 斯里巴卡旺 (zh) (Sīlǐbākǎwàng)

• Czech: Bandar Seri Begawan m
• Danish: Bandar Seri Begawan
• Dutch: Bandar Seri Begawan n
• Esperanto: Bandar-Seri-Begavano (eo)
• Finnish: Bandar Seri Begawan (fi)
• French: Bandar Seri Begawan (fr) m
• Georgian: ბანდარ-სერი-ბეგავანი (ka) (bandar-seri-begavani)
• German: Bandar Seri Begawan (de) n
• Greek: Μπαντάρ Σερί Μπεγκαβάν (el) (Bantár Serí Begkaván)
• Hebrew: בנדר סרי בגוואן
• Hindi: बन्दर सेरी बेगवान (bandar serī begvān)
• Indonesian: Bandar Seri Begawan
• Japanese: バンダルスリブガワン (ja) (Bandarusuribugawan)
• Khmer: បានដាស្រីភគវាន (km) (bandasreiphkôvéan)
• Korean: 반다르세리베가완 (Bandareuseribegawan)
• Latvian: Bandarseribegavana
• Lithuanian: Bandar Seri Begavanas m
• Macedonian: Банда́р Сери́ Бега́ван m (Bandár Serí Begávan)
• Malay: Bandar Seri Begawan

  Jawi: بندر سري بڬاوان

• Marathi: बांदार सेरी बेगावान n (bāndār serī begāvān)
• Mongolian: Бандар-Сери-Бегаван (Bandar-Seri-Begavan)
• Persian: بندر سری بگاوان (bandar seri begâvân)
• Polish: Bandar Seri Begawan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bandar Seri Begauã
• Russian: Банда́р-Сери́-Бега́ван (ru) m (Bandár-Sɛrí-Begávan)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бандар Сери Бегаван m

  Roman: Bandar Seri Begavan m

• Slovak: Bandar Seri Begawan m
• Slovene: Bandar Seri Begawan m
• Spanish: Bandar Seri Begawan (es) m
• Thai: บันดาร์เสรีเบกาวัน (ban-daa-sěe-rii-bee-gaa-wan)
• Ukrainian: Банда́р-Сері́-Бега́ван m (Bandár-Serí-Behávan)
• Urdu: بندر سری بگوان (bandar serī begavān)
• Vietnamese: Ban-đa Xê-ri Bê-ga-oan

Afrikaans

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Bandar Seri Begawan.

Proper noun

Bandar Seri Begawan

1. Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city of Brunei)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bandar sɛrɪ bɛɡavan]

Proper noun

Bandar Seri Begawan m inan

1. Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city of Brunei)

Declension

Declension of Bandar Seri Begawan (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Bandar Seri Begawan
genitive	Bandar Seri Begawanu
dative	Bandar Seri Begawanu
accusative	Bandar Seri Begawan
vocative	Bandar Seri Begawane
locative	Bandar Seri Begawanu
instrumental	Bandar Seri Begawanem

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Bandar Seri Begawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.daʁ se.ʁi be.ɡa.wan/

• Audio (Switzerland):

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Proper noun

Bandar Seri Begawan m

1. Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city of Brunei)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Bandar Seri Begawan.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bandar Seri Begawan n (proper noun, genitive Bandar Seri Begawans or (optionally with an article) Bandar Seri Begawan)

1. Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city of Brunei)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay Bandar Seri Begawan.

Proper noun

Bandar Seri Begawan

1. Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city of Brunei)

Malay

Etymology

From bandar (“town”) +‎ seri +‎ begawan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banda(r) səri bəɡawan/

Proper noun

Bandar Seri Begawan (Jawi spelling بندر سري بݢاوان)

1. Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city of Brunei)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bandar Seri Begawan ?

1. alternative spelling of Bandar Seri Begauã

Slovak

Proper noun

Bandar Seri Begawan ?

1. Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital of Brunei)

References

• “Bandar Seri Begawan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Bandar Seri Begawan.

Proper noun

Bandar Seri Begawan m

1. Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital city of Brunei)