Borneo

See also: borneo, Bornéo, and Borneó

English

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप (varuṇa-dvīpa, “island of Varuna”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹnioʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːni.əʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbo(ː)ɹnioʊ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˈboənioʊ/
• Hyphenation: Bor‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Borneo

1. A Pacific island shared by Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia; the world’s third largest island.

Meronyms

• Sabah
• Sarawak

Holonyms

• Greater Sunda Islands

Derived terms

• Bornean
• Borneo birdwing Troides andromache)
• Borneo camphor
• Borneo catshark
• Borneo elephant
• Borneo rhinoceros
• Borneo river shark
• Borneo shark
• Borneo Time

Translations

island

• Acehnese: Kalimantan
• Afrikaans: Borneo
• Arabic: بُورْنِيُو m (būrniyū)
• Armenian: Բոռնեո (hy) (Boṙneo)
• Balinese: Kalimantan
• Banjarese: Kalimantan
• Bengali: বোর্নিও (bōrniō)
• Bulgarian: Борнео (Borneo)
• Burmese: ဘော်နီယို (bhauniyui)
• Catalan: Borneo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 婆羅洲 / 婆罗洲 (po⁴ lo⁴ zau¹)

  Hokkien: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 婆羅洲 / 婆罗洲 (zh) (Póluózhōu)

• Czech: Borneo (cs) n
• Danish: Borneo
• Dutch: Borneo (nl) n
• Finnish: Borneo (fi)
• French: Bornéo (fr) m
• Georgian: ბორნეო (borneo), კალიმანტანი (ḳalimanṭani)
• German: Borneo (de) n
• Greek: Βόρνεο (el) n (Vórneo)
• Hebrew: בורנאו
• Hindi: वरुण (hi) (varuṇ), वरुण द्वीप (varuṇ dvīp)
• Hungarian: Borneó (hu)
• Icelandic: Borneó
• Indonesian: Kalimantan (id)
• Irish: Boirneo m
• Italian: Borneo (it)
• Japanese: ボルネオ (ja) (Boruneo)
• Javanese: Kalimantan
• Khmer: បរនេអូ (bɑɑneiʼou)
• Korean: 보르네오 (Boreune'o)
• Latin: Borneum n
• Latvian: Borneo, Kalimantāna
• Lithuanian: Borneo
• Macedonian: Борнео (Borneo)
• Malagasy: Borneo (mg)
• Malay: Borneo (ms)
• Malayalam: ബോർണിയോ (bōṟṇiyō)
• Marathi: बोर्नियो (borniyo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Borneo

  Nynorsk: Borneo

• Persian: بورنئو
• Polish: Borneo (pl) n
• Portuguese: Bornéu (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬੋਰਨਿਓ (bornio)
• Romanian: Borneo
• Russian: Борне́о (ru) m (Bornéo), Калиманта́н (ru) m (Kalimantán)
• Sanskrit: कर्पूरद्वीप (sa) (karpūradvīpa)
• Slovak: Borneo
• Slovene: Borneo
• Sundanese: Kalimantan
• Swedish: Borneo (sv)
• Tagalog: Borneo
• Tamil: போர்னியோ (pōrṉiyō)
• Telugu: బోర్నియో (bōrniyō)
• Thai: บอร์เนียว
• Turkish: Borneo (tr)
• Urdu: بورنیو (bornyo)
• Vietnamese: Borneo (vi), Bà La Châu
• Volapük: Borneän (vo)

See also

• Kalimantan

Anagrams

• Oberon, bore on, booner, Oborne

Czech

Proper noun

Borneo n (relational adjective bornejský)

1. Borneo

Declension

Declension of Borneo (sg-only masculine inanimate in -o foreign)

	singular
nominative	Borneo
genitive	Bornea
dative	Borneu
accusative	Borneo
vocative	Borneo
locative	Borneu
instrumental	Borneem

Further reading

• “Borneo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Borneo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Portuguese?”)

The hamlet is attested as Klein Borneo in 1984. It was named after the island, presumably for its remoteness or the perceived unpleasant disposition of its inhabitants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔr.neːˌjoː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Bor‧neo

Proper noun

Borneo

Borneo n

1. Borneo, a Pacific island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei [from late 16th c.]
2. A hamlet in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

Hyponyms

• Brunei
• Kalimantan

Derived terms

• Borneoos

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Borneo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈborneo/, [ˈbo̞rne̞o̞]
• Rhymes: -orneo
• Hyphenation^(key): Bor‧neo

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo

Declension

in Borneo = Borneolla

Inflection of Borneo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		Borneo	—
genitive		Borneon	—
partitive		Borneota	—
illative		Borneoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Borneo	—
accusative	nom.	Borneo	—
	gen.	Borneon
genitive		Borneon	—
partitive		Borneota	—
inessive		Borneossa	—
elative		Borneosta	—
illative		Borneoon	—
adessive		Borneolla	—
ablative		Borneolta	—
allative		Borneolle	—
essive		Borneona	—
translative		Borneoksi	—
abessive		Borneotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Borneo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Borneoni — accusative nom. Borneoni — gen. Borneoni genitive Borneoni — partitive Borneotani — inessive Borneossani — elative Borneostani — illative Borneooni — adessive Borneollani — ablative Borneoltani — allative Borneolleni — essive Borneonani — translative Borneokseni — abessive Borneottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Borneosi — accusative nom. Borneosi — gen. Borneosi genitive Borneosi — partitive Borneotasi — inessive Borneossasi — elative Borneostasi — illative Borneoosi — adessive Borneollasi — ablative Borneoltasi — allative Borneollesi — essive Borneonasi — translative Borneoksesi — abessive Borneottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Borneomme — accusative nom. Borneomme — gen. Borneomme genitive Borneomme — partitive Borneotamme — inessive Borneossamme — elative Borneostamme — illative Borneoomme — adessive Borneollamme — ablative Borneoltamme — allative Borneollemme — essive Borneonamme — translative Borneoksemme — abessive Borneottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Borneonne — accusative nom. Borneonne — gen. Borneonne genitive Borneonne — partitive Borneotanne — inessive Borneossanne — elative Borneostanne — illative Borneoonne — adessive Borneollanne — ablative Borneoltanne — allative Borneollenne — essive Borneonanne — translative Borneoksenne — abessive Borneottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Borneonsa — accusative nom. Borneonsa — gen. Borneonsa genitive Borneonsa — partitive Borneotaan Borneotansa — inessive Borneossaan Borneossansa — elative Borneostaan Borneostansa — illative Borneoonsa — adessive Borneollaan Borneollansa — ablative Borneoltaan Borneoltansa — allative Borneolleen Borneollensa — essive Borneonaan Borneonansa — translative Borneokseen Borneoksensa — abessive Borneottaan Borneottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• borneolainen

(compounds):

• borneonbeletti
• borneongibboni
• borneonkissa
• borneonmustapäästäinen
• borneonoranki
• borneonorava
• borneonpiikikäs
• borneonpiikkisika
• borneonvuoriorava

Malagasy

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo

Malay

Proper noun

Borneo (Jawi spelling بورنيو)

1. Borneo (an island in Southeast Asia)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Malay (Pulau) Borneo.

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo (large island in South-East Asia)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Malay (Pulau) Borneo.

Proper noun

Borneo

1. Borneo (large island in South-East Asia)

Polish

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप (varuṇa-dvīpa, “island of Varuna”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrˈnɛ.ɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɔ
• Syllabification: Bor‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Borneo n (indeclinable)

1. Borneo (a large island in Southeast Asia, politically divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)

Derived terms

(adjective):

• borneański

Further reading

• Borneo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Borneo f

1. Obsolete spelling of Bornéu.

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈbɔrneɔ]

Proper noun

Borneo n (genitive singular Bornea, declension pattern of mesto)

1. Borneo (an island in Southeast Asia)

References

• “Borneo”, 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾˈneo/ [boɾˈne.o]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: Bor‧ne‧o

Proper noun

Borneo ?

1. Borneo

   Synonym: (obsolete) Borney

Derived terms

• gato de Borneo