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Bosnia
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Appendix:Variations of "bosnia"
English
Etymology
From the name of the river en Bosna.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɒz.ni.ə/ UK
en /ˈbɑz.ni.ə/ US
en en-us-Bosnia.ogg US
Proper noun
en Q188736en A <<geographic region>> of <<c/Bosnia and Herzegovina>>, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country.
en Q225en country in southeastern cont/Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina.
en Various Authors Responses to David N. Gibbs Article by John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha V Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, K ajan, Kees van der Pijl, an der Pijl, and John Feffer https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1062&context=classracecorporatepower 2015 14 3 2 Class, Race and Corporate Power On behalf of many Bosnian war victims’ and survivors’ organizations in Bosnia and North America we urge you to end all contact and co-operation with Mr. Parenti without delay or hesitation. https://web.archive.org/web/20250601153259/https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1062&context=classracecorporatepower 1 June 2025
Coordinate terms
en Herzegovina Greater Croatia Greater Serbia Greater Yugoslavia Greater Albania Yugoslavia Croatia Serbia Albania Balkans
Derived terms
en Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosniak Bosnian Bosno-
Translations
northern part of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a geographic and historical entity
Albanian: sq Bosnjë f, sq Bosnja f definite
Arabic: ar الْبُوسْنَة f
Hijazi Arabic: acw بوسنة f bōsna
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܒܘܿܣܢܝܼܵܐ Bosniya f
Armenian: hy Բոսնիա
Azerbaijani: az Bosniya
Belarusian: be Бо́снія f, Taraškievica orthography be Бо́сьнія f
Bengali: bn বসনিয়া
Bulgarian: bg Бо́сна f
Burmese: my ဘော့စနီးယား
Catalan: ca Bòsnia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 波斯尼亞 Bōsīníyà
Czech: cs Bosna f
Danish: da Bosnien
Esperanto: eo Bosnio
Estonian: et Bosnia
Faroese: fo Bosnia n
Finnish: fi Bosnia
French: fr Bosnie f
Middle French: frm Bossine f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Bosnje n
Friulian: fur Bosgnie f
Galician: gl Bosnia
Georgian: ka ბოსნია
German: de Bosnien n
Greek: el Βοσνία f
Gujarati: gu બોસ્નિયા
Hebrew: he בּוֹסְנִיָּה f bosniya
Hindi: hi बोस्निया m
Hungarian: hu Bosznia f
Icelandic: is Bosnía f
Indonesian: id Bosnia
Irish: ga Boisnia f
Japanese: ja ボスニア Bosunia
Kazakh: kk Босния
Khmer: km បូស៊្នី, km បូស្នៀ
Korean: ko ^보스니아
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Bosniya
Kyrgyz: ky Босния
Lao: lo ບົດສະນີ
Latvian: lv Bosnija f
Lithuanian: lt Bosnija f
Macedonian: mk Босна f
Malay: ms Bosnia
Maltese: mt Bożnja f Il-Bożnja
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Босни
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Bosnia n
Nynorsk: nn Bosnie n
Occitan: oc Bòsnia f
Pashto: ps بوسنيا f bosnyā
Persian:
Dari: prs بوسْنِیَا
Iranian Persian: fa-ira بوسْنی bôsni
Polish: pl Bośnia f
Portuguese: pt Bósnia f
Romanian: ro Bosnia f
Russian: ru Бо́сния f
Sardinian: sc Bòsnia f
Scots: sco Bosnie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Бо̏сна f
Latin: sh Bȍsna f
Slovak: sk Bosna f
Slovene: sl Bósna f
Swedish: sv Bosnien
Tagalog: tl Bosnya
Tajik: tg Босния
Thai: th บอสเนีย
Turkish: tr Bosna
Ottoman Turkish: ota بوسنه bosna
Turkmen: tk Bosniýa
Ukrainian: uk Бо́снія f
Urdu: ur بوسْنِیا m
Uyghur: ug بوسنىيە
Uzbek: uz Bosniya
Vietnamese: vi Bô-xni-a
Volapük: vo Bosniän
Yiddish: yi באָסניע f
Yoruba: yo Bọ̀síníà
short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina'
Abaza: abq Босния
Afrikaans: af Bosnië
Albanian: sq Bosnje f, sq Boshnjëri f Boshnjëria
Arabic: ar الْبُوسْنَة
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܒܘܿܣܢܝܼܵܐ Bosniya f
Armenian: hy Բոսնիա
Bashkir: ba Босния
Basque: eu Bosnia
Belarusian: be Бо́снія f, Taraškievica orthography be Бо́сьнія f
Bengali: bn বসনিয়া
Bulgarian: bg Бо́сна f
Catalan: ca Bòsnia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 波黑 Bōhēi, cmn 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那
Czech: cs Bosna f
Danish: da Bosnien n
Dhivehi: dv ބޮސްނިއާ
Dutch: nl Bosnië n
Estonian: et Bosnia
Faroese: fo Bosnia n
Finnish: fi Bosnia
French: fr Bosnie
Galician: gl Bosnia
German: de Bosnien
Greek: el Βοσνία
Gujarati: gu બોસ્નિયા
Hausa: ha Bosniya
Hebrew: he בוסניה bosnia
Hindi: hi बोस्निया m
Hungarian: hu Bosznia
Icelandic: is Bosnía
Indonesian: id Bosnia
Irish: ga Boisnia f An Bhoisnia
Italian: it Bosnia
Japanese: ja ボスニア Bosunia
Karakalpak: kaa Босния, kaa Bosniya
Kazakh: kk Босния
Khakas: kjh Босния
Khmer: km បូស៊្នី, km បូស្នៀ
Komi:
Komi-Zyrian: kpv Босния
Korean: ko ^보스니아
Kumyk: kum Босния Bosniya
Kyrgyz: ky Босния
Latin: la Bosnia f
Latvian: lv Bosnija f
Macedonian: mk Босна f
Maltese: mt Bożnja f Il-Bożnja
Pashto: ps بوسنيا f bosniyā
Persian:
Dari: prs بوسْنِیَا
Iranian Persian: fa-ira بوسْنی bôsni
Polish: pl Bośnia f
Portuguese: pt Bósnia
Romanian: ro Bosnia f
Russian: ru Бо́сния f
Sardinian: sc Bòsnia
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Бо̏сна f
Latin: sh Bȍsna f
Slovak: sk Bosna f
Slovene: sl Bósna f
Spanish: es Bosnia
Swedish: sv Bosnien n
Tagalog: tl Bosnya
Tajik: tg Босния
Turkish: tr Bosna
Ukrainian: uk Бо́снія f
Urdu: ur بوسْنِیا m
Yiddish: yi באָסניע f
Altai:
Northern Altai: atv Босния
Southern Altai: alt Босния
See also
en Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anagrams
en abinos basion bonsai sabino
en terms suffixed with -ia (place)
Asturian
ast:
Proper noun
f
ast Bosnia Q188736,Q225
Estonian
et:
Etymology
et
Pronunciation
et osniɑ 2
et Bos nia
Proper noun
Bosnia Bosniat
et Bosnia Q188736
et non-standard et Bosnia Q225 Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina
Usage notes
The plural can be formed but does not normally occur.
Declension
Bosnia
References
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la-new Bosnia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bosnia geographical region
fi informal fi Bosnia ja Hertsegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Declension
sg Bosni a
Galician
Proper noun
f
gl Bosnia Q188736,Q225
Related terms
gl bosníaco
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
Bòsnia
Proper noun
f
it Bosnia Q188736,Q225
Derived terms
it bosniaco
Anagrams
it abinos Sabino basino
Latin
la:
Alternative forms
la Bosna
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bosnia<1>
la New Latin Bosnia:
la Bosnia Q188736,Q225 ##
la Medieval Latin obsolete la Mysia Inferior
1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:
la In nona Tabula[:] Iaziges metanastae[,] Dacia Vulachia[,] Mysia superior: Seruia[,] Mysia inferior Bosna[,] Tratia[,] Chersonesus.
Declension
Bosnia<1>
Norwegian Bokmål
no
thumb|The approximate division between the traditional regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Etymology
nb, based on nb la-new Bosnia, ultimately from nb sh Bȍsna, the name of the historical region. The region is named after the river sh Bȍsna. The deeper origin of the river name is uncertain; a pre-Slavic origin has traditionally been proposed, while a Slavic origin has also been argued.
Compare da Bosnien, sv Bosnien, de Bosnien, nl Bosnië, fr Bosnie and en Bosnia.
Pronunciation
nb /¹bɔs.ni.a/ [ˈbɔ̀s.nɪ.ǎ]
nb ɔsnia 3
nb Bos ni a
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Bosnia; one of the two traditional historical and geographical regions of Bosnia-Hercegovina, the other being Hercegovina
nb Vi kjørte sørover fra Bosnia til Hercegovina. We drove south from Bosnia to Herzegovina.
nb 2026-06-25 Jørn Holm-Hansen Bosnia-Hercegovina Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Bosnia-Hercegovina Den nordlige del av landet – Bosnia – vender mot Donau og den pannoniske slette. The northern part of the country – Bosnia – faces the Danube and the Pannonian Plain. https://web.archive.org/web/20260905163332/https://snl.no/Bosnia-Hercegovina 5 September 2026
nb informal ellipsis Bosnia-Hercegovina; the country as a whole
nb 2026-07-02 Eirik Sørenmo Påsche Rødt kort og frisparkperle da USA sendte Bosnia hjem fra VM VG https://www.vg.no/sport/i/9po93M/fotball-vm-usa-slo-ut-bosnia-hercegovina-etter-roedt-kort-og-frisparkmaal Jeg beklager til folket i Bosnia og det bosniske fotballandslaget. I apologize to the people of Bosnia and the Bosnian national football team. https://web.archive.org/web/20260802184514/https://www.vg.no/sport/i/9po93M/fotball-vm-usa-slo-ut-bosnia-hercegovina-etter-roedt-kort-og-frisparkmaal 2 August 2026
Usage notes
In its strict geographical sense, nb Bosnia denotes only one of the two traditional regions of the country.
The name is also commonly used informally for the entire country, but the official Norwegian state name is Bosnia-Hercegovina.
Derived terms
nb Bosnia-Hercegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
nb bosnier Bosnian person
nb bosnisk Bosnian; Bosnian language
Related terms
nb bosnjak Bosniak
See also
References
“Bosna” in Store norske leksikon
“Bosnia-Hercegovina” in Store norske leksikon
“Utanlandske stadnamn” by the Language Council of Norway
Danijel Alerić (1995), “Toponim Bosna kao slavistički problem”, in Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, volume 21, issue 1, pages 5–12
“Rødt kort og frisparkperle da USA sendte Bosnia hjem fra VM” in VG, 2 July 2026
Anagrams
nb bonsai
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es Bosnia Q188736,Q225
Related terms
es bosníaco bosnio
Anagrams
es boinas bonsái
Vietnamese
Bosna (vùng) vi
Etymology
Borrowed from vi en Bosnia.
Proper noun
vi Bosnia Q188736
vi Bosnia and Herzegovina Q225
vi Bosnia và Herzegovina
Synonyms
Bosna
Bô-xni-a
vi exonyms
Võro
Proper noun
Bosnia Bosniat
vro Bosnia Q188736,Q225
Inflection
sg a Bosnia Bosnia Bosniat Bosniahe Bosniide Bosniit Bosniihe Bosnii
Welsh
cy:
Pronunciation
cy /ˈbɔsnja/
Proper noun
f
cy Bosnia Q188736,Q225
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
cy Bosnia a Hertsegofina Bosnia and Herzegovina
cy Bosniad Bosniak
cy Bosniaidd Bosnian a
cy exonyms