Bosna

English

Proper noun

Bosna

  1. 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.

Translations

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔsna/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Bosna f (genitive Bosna, plural Bosnas)

  1. (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

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

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of Bosnia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bosna m

  1. Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Uncertain. 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 *bʰegʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôsna/
  • Hyphenation: Bo‧sna

Proper noun

Bȍsna f (Cyrillic spelling Бо̏сна) (uncountable)

  1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
    Daj bre, lepi, to je Bosna, nemaš triler.Come on, mate, it's Bosnia, you don't have ornaments. (quote from the movie Toma)
    Kroz Bosnu ne p(j)evaj, kroz Srbiju ne sviraj, kroz Maćedoniju ne igraj.When in Bosnia don't sing, when in Serbia don't play (instruments), when in Macedonia don't dance. (proverb)
  2. Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  3. Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Declension

Descendants

  • English: Bosna

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bóːsna/

Proper noun

Bọ̑sna f

  1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
  2. Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bósna in Hercegovína)
  3. Bosna (a major river in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Declension

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