Hercegovina
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Hercegovina
See also: Hercegovinā
English
Proper noun
Hercegovina
- Alternative spelling of Herzegovina
Derived terms
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hercegovina f
- Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Derived terms
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hercegovina f (related adjective hercegovský, demonym Hercegovec, female demonym Hercegovka)
- Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
Declension of Hercegovina (sg-only hard feminine)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hercegovina |
| genitive | Hercegoviny |
| dative | Hercegovině |
| accusative | Hercegovinu |
| vocative | Hercegovino |
| locative | Hercegovině |
| instrumental | Hercegovinou |
Related terms
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Херцеговина (Hercegovina), itself from German Herzog (“duke”), with a Slavic adjectival ending -(o)vina, referring to the medieval duchy of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, who took the title of Herceg (= Herzog, Duke) of Saint Sava in 1419.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Hercegovina f (4th declension)
- Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
Declension of Hercegovina (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | Hercegovina | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | Hercegovinu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | Hercegovinas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | Hercegovinai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | Hercegovinu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | Hercegovinā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | Hercegovina | — |
Derived terms
See also
- historical regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnija
- Hercegovina
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Hercegovina f
- Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Derived from the title herceg (“duke”), from German Herzog, plus the Serbo-Croatian suffixes -ov and -ina, thus “Land of the Duke”. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hèrcegovina f (Cyrillic spelling Хѐрцеговина)
- Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
Declension of Hercegovina
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hercegovina |
| genitive | Hercegovine |
| dative | Hercegovini |
| accusative | Hercegovinu |
| vocative | Hercegovino |
| locative | Hercegovini |
| instrumental | Hercegovinom |
Descendants
Descendants in other languages
- → Armenian: Հերցեգովինա (Hercʻegovina)
- → Azerbaijani: Herseqovina
- → Belarusian: Герцагаві́на (Hjercahavína)
- → Bulgarian: Херцего́вина (Hercegóvina)
- → Catalan: Hercegovina
- → Chinese:
- → Czech: Hercegovina
- → English: Herzegovina, Herzegowina, Hercegovina
- → Esperanto: Hercegovino
- → Faroese: Hersegovina
- → Finnish: Hertsegovina
- → French: Herzégovine
- → German: Herzegowina
- → Icelandic: Hersegóvína
- → Irish: Heirseagaivéin
- → Italian: Erzegovina
- → Japanese: ヘルツェゴヴィナ (Herutsegovina)
- → Korean: 헤르체고비나 (hereuchegobina)
- → Latvian: Hercegovina
- → Lithuanian: Hercegovina
- → Macedonian: Херцеговина (Hercegovina)
- → Ottoman Turkish: هرسك (Hersek)
- → Polish: Hercegowina
- → Portuguese: Herzegovina
- → Russian: Герцегови́на (Gercegovína)
- → Slovak: Hercegovina
- → Slovene: Hercegovína
- → Spanish: Herzegovina
- → Swedish: Hercegovina
- → Turkish: Hersek
- → Ukrainian: Герцегови́на (Hercehovýna), Герцеґови́на (Hercegovýna)
- → Welsh: Hertsegofina
- → Yiddish: הערצעגאָווינע (hertsegovine)
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hercegovína f
- Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Inflection
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| Feminine, a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hercegovína | |
| genitive | Hercegovíne | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Hercegovína | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Hercegovíne | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Hercegovíni | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Hercegovíno | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Hercegovíni | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Hercegovíno | |