Borneo
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Borneo
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
Meronyms
Holonyms
Derived terms
Translations
island
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See also
Anagrams
Czech
Proper noun
Borneo n (relational adjective bornejský)
Declension
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
Proper noun
Borneo n
- Borneo, a Pacific island shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei
- A hamlet in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
Hyponyms
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Finnish
Etymology
From Portuguese Borneo.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Borneo
Declension
in Borneo = Borneolla
| Inflection of Borneo (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
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| 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. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Malagasy
Proper noun
Borneo
Malay
Proper noun
Borneo (Jawi spelling بورنيو)
- Borneo (an island in Southeast Asia)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Proper noun
Borneo
- Borneo (large island in South-East Asia)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Proper noun
Borneo
- Borneo (large island in South-East Asia)
Polish
Etymology
Probably from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप (varuṇa-dvīpa, “island of Varuna”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Borneo n (indeclinable)
- Borneo (a large island in Southeast Asia, politically divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- Borneo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Proper noun
Borneo f
Slovak
Pronunciation
IPA:
Proper noun
Borneo n (genitive singular Bornea, declension pattern of mesto)
- 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, 2003–2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Borneo ?
- Borneo
- Synonym: (obsolete) Borney