Bosna

English

Proper noun

Bosna

1. Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Translations

river in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Portuguese: Bosna m
• Serbo-Croatian: Bosna (sh) f

Anagrams

• AONBs, Abson, Banos, Bason, bason

German

Bosna

Alternative forms

• Bosner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔsna/

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Noun

Bosna f (genitive Bosna, plural Bosnas)

1. (southern Bavaria, Austria) a fast-food snack consisting of a bratwurst in a bun, garnished with mustard and onions, and noticeably spicier than an American-style hot dog

Declension

Declension of Bosna [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bosna	die	Bosnas
genitive	einer	der	Bosna	der	Bosnas
dative	einer	der	Bosna	den	Bosnas
accusative	eine	die	Bosna	die	Bosnas

Further reading

• “Bosna” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bosna” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Bosna on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Latin

Proper noun

Bosna

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Bosnia.
   • 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)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bosna m

1. Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Related terms

• Bósnia

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

According to philologist Anton Mayer the name Bosna could essentially be derived from Illyrian Bass-an-as(-ā) which would be derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeǵ-, meaning "the running water".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôsna/
• Hyphenation: Bo‧sna

Proper noun

Bȍsna f (Cyrillic spelling Бо̏сна) (uncountable)

1. Bosnia (the short form of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country in Southeast Europe)
2. Bosnia (the northern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
3. Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Declension

Declension of Bosna

	singular
nominative	Bȍsna
genitive	Bosne
dative	Bosni
accusative	Bosnu
vocative	Bosno
locative	Bosni
instrumental	Bosnom

Related terms

• Bosanac / Bosanka
• Bošnjak / Bošnjakinja
• bosanski
• bošnjački

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóːsna/

Proper noun

Bọ̑sna f

1. Bosnia (the short form of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country in Southeast Europe)

   Synonym: Bósna in Hercegovína

2. Bosnia (the northern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
3. Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Bósna
genitive	Bósne
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Bósna
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Bósni
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Bósno

Related terms

• Bosánec / Bosánka, Bósenc / Bósenka
• bosánski, bósenski
• bosánščina