Bosna
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Bosna
English
Proper noun
Bosna
- Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina).
- 2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 70:
- At the far end, they would be greeted by the green sun-dappled waters of the Bosna as they gurgled up in streams and pools dotted with islands.
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German
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Pronunciation
Noun
Bosna f (genitive Bosna, plural Bosnas)
- (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
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
- (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)
- 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:
Portuguese
Proper noun
Bosna m
- Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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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
Proper noun
Bȍsna f (Cyrillic spelling Бо̏сна) (uncountable)
- Bosnia (the short form of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country in Southeast Europe)
- Bosnia (the northern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
Declension of Bosna
Related terms
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bọ̑sna f
- Bosnia (the short form of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country in Southeast Europe)
- Synonym: Bósna in Hercegovína
- Bosnia (the northern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Inflection
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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) |
Bósne | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Bósni | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Bósno | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Bósni | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Bósno | |