Herzegovinian

English

Etymology

Herzegovina +‎ -ian

Noun

Herzegovinian (plural Herzegovinians)

1. A person from Herzegovina (southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Synonyms

• Herzegovinan

 

Coordinate terms

• Albanian
• Balkan
• Bosnia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosniak
• Bosnian
• Croat
• Herzegovina
• Serb
• Yugoslav

 

Related terms

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Herzegovina

 

Translations

a person from Herzegovina

• Danish: hercegoviner c
• Galician: hercegovino (gl) m, hercegovina f
• German: Herzegowiner m, Herzegowinerin f, Herzegowze m, Herzegowzin f
• Irish: Heirseagaivéineach m
• Italian: erzegovese m or f, erzegovino m, erzegovina f
• Lithuanian: hercegovinietis (lt) m, hercegovinietė (lt) f
• Polish: Hercegowińczyk (pl) m pers, Hercegowinka (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хѐрцеговац m

  Roman: Hèrcegovac (sh) m

Adjective

Herzegovinian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Herzegovina and its inhabitants.
   • 2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 60:

     The iconic humpbacked bridge rose high over the Neretva, connecting the two halves of the old Herzegovinian town that clung to the clifftops: one Muslim, the other Croat.

Synonyms

• Herzegovinan

 

Coordinate terms

• Albanian
• Balkan
• Bosnia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosniak
• Bosnian
• Croatian
• Herzegovina
• Serbian
• Yugoslavian

 

Related terms

• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Herzegovina

 

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Herzegovina and its inhabitants

• Danish: hercegovinsk
• Galician: hercegovino (gl) m
• German: herzegowinisch
• Irish: Heirseagaivéineach
• Italian: erzegovese, erzegovino m, erzegovina f
• Polish: hercegowiński (pl) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хѐрцеговачкӣ

  Roman: hèrcegovačkī (sh)

• Swedish: hercegovinsk (sv)