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Hercegovina

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See also: Hercegovinā

English

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Hercegovina

  1. Alternative spelling of Herzegovina

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Catalan

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Hercegovina f

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɛrt͡sɛɡovɪna]

Proper noun

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Hercegovina f (related adjective hercegovský, demonym Hercegovec, female demonym Hercegovka)

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Latvian

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Hercegovina

Etymology

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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.

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Hercegovina f (4th declension)

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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See also

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historical regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lithuanian

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Proper noun

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Hercegovina f

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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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?)

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Hèrcegovina f (Cyrillic spelling Хѐрцеговина)

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Slovene

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xɛrt͡sɛɡɔʋìːna/

Proper noun

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Hercegovína f

  1. Herzegovina (the southern region of 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 Hercegovína
genitive Hercegovíne
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Hercegovína
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Hercegovíne
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Hercegovíni
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Hercegovíno
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Hercegovíni
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Hercegovíno

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