Bosnija

See also: Bosniją and Bosnijā

Latvian

Bosnija

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Босна (Bosna), the name of this region, from the name of the river Bosna, +‎ -ija.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bosnija f (4th declension)

1. Bosnia (short form of the name of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, used to refer to the whole country)
2. Bosnia (a historical region comprising the northern 75% of the country of Bosnia and Hercegovina; not a current administrative unit)

Declension

Declension of Bosnija (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Bosnija	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Bosniju	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Bosnijas	—
dative (datīvs)	Bosnijai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Bosniju	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Bosnijā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Bosnija	—

Synonyms

• (of whole country): Bosnija un Hercegovina

Related terms

• bosnietis, bosniete
• bosniešu valoda
• bosnisks

See also

historical regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Bosnija
• Hercegovina

 

Lithuanian

Etymology

From bòsnis or Serbo-Croatian Bȍsna +‎ -ija.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔsʲnʲɪjɛ]
• Hyphenation: Bos‧ni‧ja

Proper noun

Bòsnija f (uncountable, demonym bòsnis, female demonym bòsnė) stress pattern 1

1. Bosnia (a historical region in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Declension

    Declension of Bòsnija

nominative	Bòsnija
genitive	Bòsnijos
dative	Bòsnijai
accusative	Bòsniją
instrumental	Bòsnija
locative	Bòsnijoje
vocative	Bòsnija

Derived terms

• Bòsnija ir̃ Hercegovinà

 

See also

• Hercegovina

 

Further reading

• “Bosnija”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.