Bosnia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bosnia"

English

Etymology

From the name of the river Bosna.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑz.ni.ə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Bosnia

2. A geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country.
4. A country in southeastern Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
   • 2015, Various Authors, “Responses to David N. Gibbs Article by John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha V Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, K ajan, Kees van der Pijl, an der Pijl, and John Feffer”, in Class, Race and Corporate Power‎^[1], volume 3, number 2, page 14:

     On behalf of many Bosnian war victims’ and survivors’ organizations in Bosnia and North America we urge you to end all contact and co-operation with Mr. Parenti without delay or hesitation.

Coordinate terms

• Albania
• Balkans
• Croatia
• Greater Albania
• Greater Croatia
• Greater Serbia
• Greater Yugoslavia
• Herzegovina
• Serbia
• Yugoslavia

Derived terms

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosniak
• Bosnian
• Bosno-

Translations

northern part of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a geographic and historical entity

• Albanian: Bosnjë f, Bosnja f (definite)
• Arabic: الْبُوسْنَة f (al-būsna)

  Hijazi Arabic: بوسنة f (bōsna)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܿܣܢܝܼܵܐ f (Bosniya)

• Armenian: Բոսնիա (Bosnia)
• Azerbaijani: Bosniya
• Belarusian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija), (Taraškievica orthography) Бо́сьнія f (Bósʹnija)
• Bengali: বসনিয়া (bn) (bosniẏa)
• Bulgarian: Бо́сна (bg) f (Bósna)
• Burmese: ဘော့စနီးယား (bhau.ca.ni:ya:)
• Catalan: Bòsnia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波斯尼亞 / 波斯尼亚 (zh) (Bōsīníyà)

• Czech: Bosna (cs) f
• Danish: Bosnien
• Esperanto: Bosnio
• Estonian: Bosnia (et)
• Faroese: Bosnia n
• Finnish: Bosnia (fi)
• French: Bosnie (fr) f

  Middle French: Bossine f

• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Bosnje n

• Friulian: Bosgnie f
• Galician: Bosnia (gl)
• Georgian: ბოსნია (bosnia)
• German: Bosnien (de) n
• Greek: Βοσνία (el) f (Vosnía)
• Gujarati: બોસ્નિયા (bosniyā)
• Hebrew: בּוֹסְנִיָּה f (bosniya)
• Hindi: बोस्निया m (bosniyā)
• Hungarian: Bosznia (hu) f
• Icelandic: Bosnía f
• Indonesian: Bosnia
• Irish: Boisnia f
• Japanese: ボスニア (Bosunia)
• Kazakh: Босния (Bosnıya)
• Khmer: បូស៊្នី (km) (bousnii), បូស្នៀ (bousniə)
• Korean: 보스니아 (Boseunia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Bosniya

• Kyrgyz: Босния (ky) (Bosniya)
• Lao: ບົດສະນີ (bot sa nī)
• Latvian: Bosnija f
• Lithuanian: Bosnija (lt) f
• Macedonian: Босна f (Bosna)
• Malay: Bosnia
• Maltese: Il-Bożnja f
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Босни (Bosni)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bosnia n

  Nynorsk: Bosnie n

• Occitan: Bòsnia f
• Pashto: بوسنيا f (bosnyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: بوسْنِیَا (bōsniyā)

  Iranian Persian: بوسْنی (bôsni)

• Polish: Bośnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bósnia (pt) f
• Romanian: Bosnia (ro) f
• Russian: Бо́сния (ru) f (Bósnija)
• Sardinian: Bòsnia f
• Scots: Bosnie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бо̏сна f

  Latin: Bȍsna (sh) f

• Slovak: Bosna f
• Slovene: Bósna (sl) f
• Swedish: Bosnien (sv)
• Tagalog: Bosnya
• Tajik: Босния (Bosniya)
• Thai: บอสเนีย (th) (bɔ́ɔs-niia)
• Turkish: Bosna (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: بوسنه (bosna)

• Turkmen: Bosniýa
• Ukrainian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija)
• Urdu: بوسْنِیا m (bosniyā)
• Uyghur: بوسنىيە (bosniye)
• Uzbek: Bosniya
• Vietnamese: Bô-xni-a
• Volapük: Bosniän (vo)
• Yiddish: באָסניע f (bosnye)
• Yoruba: Bọ̀síníà

short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina'

• Abaza: Босния (Bosnija)
• Afrikaans: Bosnië (af)
• Albanian: Bosnje f, Boshnjëria f
• Arabic: الْبُوسْنَة (al-būsna)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܿܣܢܝܼܵܐ f (Bosniya)

• Armenian: Բոսնիա (Bosnia)
• Bashkir: ^{(please verify)} Босния (Busniya)
• Basque: Bosnia
• Belarusian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija), (Taraškievica orthography) Бо́сьнія f (Bósʹnija)
• Bengali: বসনিয়া (bn) (bosniẏa)
• Bulgarian: Бо́сна (bg) f (Bósna)
• Catalan: Bòsnia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波黑 (zh) (Bōhēi), 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 (zh) (Bōsīníyà hé Hēisàigēwéinà)

• Czech: Bosna (cs) f
• Danish: Bosnien n
• Dhivehi: ބޮސްނިއާ (bosniā)
• Dutch: Bosnië (nl) n
• Estonian: Bosnia (et)
• Faroese: Bosnia n
• Finnish: Bosnia (fi)
• French: Bosnie (fr)
• Galician: Bosnia (gl)
• German: Bosnien (de)
• Greek: Βοσνία (el) (Vosnía)
• Gujarati: બોસ્નિયા (bosniyā)
• Hausa: Bosniya
• Hebrew: בוסניה (bosnia)
• Hindi: बोस्निया m (bosniyā)
• Hungarian: Bosznia (hu)
• Icelandic: Bosnía
• Indonesian: Bosnia
• Irish: An Bhoisnia f
• Italian: Bosnia
• Japanese: ボスニア (Bosunia)
• Karakalpak: Босния, Bosniya
• Kazakh: Босния (Bosnıya)
• Khakas: Босния (Bosniya)
• Khmer: បូស៊្នី (km) (bousnii), បូស្នៀ (bousniə)
• Komi:

  Komi-Zyrian: Босния (Bosńija)

• Korean: 보스니아 (Boseunia)
• Kumyk: Босния (Bosniya)
• Kyrgyz: Босния (ky) (Bosniya)
• Latin: Bosnia f
• Latvian: Bosnija f
• Macedonian: Босна f (Bosna)
• Maltese: Il-Bożnja f
• Pashto: بوسنيا f (bosniyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: بوسْنِیَا (bōsniyā)

  Iranian Persian: بوسْنی (bôsni)

• Polish: Bośnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Bósnia (pt)
• Romanian: Bosnia (ro) f
• Russian: Бо́сния (ru) f (Bósnija)
• Sardinian: Bòsnia
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бо̏сна f

  Latin: Bȍsna (sh) f

• Slovak: Bosna f
• Slovene: Bósna (sl) f
• Spanish: Bosnia
• Swedish: Bosnien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Bosnya
• Tajik: Босния (Bosniya)
• Turkish: Bosna (tr)
• Ukrainian: Бо́снія f (Bósnija)
• Urdu: بوسْنِیا m (bosniyā)
• Yiddish: באָסניע f (bosnye)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Altai:

  Northern Altai: ^{(please verify)} Босния (Bosniya)

  Southern Altai: ^{(please verify)} Босния (Bosniya)

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

Anagrams

• basion, bonsai, sabino

Asturian

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
2. Bosnia (a country in southeastern Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥osniɑ̯/, [ˈb̥osnʲiɑ̯]
• Rhymes: -osniɑ
• Hyphenation: Bos‧nia

Proper noun

Bosnia (genitive Bosnia, partitive Bosniat)

1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
2. (nonstandard) Bosnia (a country in southeastern Europe; in full, Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina)

Usage notes

• The plural can be formed but does not normally occur.

Declension

Declension of Bosnia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Bosnia	Bosniad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Bosnia
genitive			Bosniate
partitive		Bosniat	Bosniaid
illative		Bosniasse	Bosniatesse Bosniaisse
inessive		Bosnias	Bosniates Bosniais
elative		Bosniast	Bosniatest Bosniaist
allative		Bosniale	Bosniatele Bosniaile
adessive		Bosnial	Bosniatel Bosniail
ablative		Bosnialt	Bosniatelt Bosniailt
translative		Bosniaks	Bosniateks Bosniaiks
terminative		Bosniani	Bosniateni
essive		Bosniana	Bosniatena
abessive		Bosniata	Bosniateta
comitative		Bosniaga	Bosniatega

References

• Bosnia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Bosnia”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin Bosnia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbosniɑ/, [ˈbo̞s̠niɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -osniɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Bos‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Bos‧nia

Proper noun

Bosnia

1. Bosnia (geographical region)
2. (informal) synonym of Bosnia ja Hertsegovina (“Bosnia and Herzegovina”)

Declension

Inflection of Bosnia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Bosnia	—
genitive		Bosnian	—
partitive		Bosniaa	—
illative		Bosniaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Bosnia	—
accusative	nom.	Bosnia	—
	gen.	Bosnian
genitive		Bosnian	—
partitive		Bosniaa	—
inessive		Bosniassa	—
elative		Bosniasta	—
illative		Bosniaan	—
adessive		Bosnialla	—
ablative		Bosnialta	—
allative		Bosnialle	—
essive		Bosniana	—
translative		Bosniaksi	—
abessive		Bosniatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Bosnia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bosniani — accusative nom. Bosniani — gen. Bosniani genitive Bosniani — partitive Bosniaani — inessive Bosniassani — elative Bosniastani — illative Bosniaani — adessive Bosniallani — ablative Bosnialtani — allative Bosnialleni — essive Bosnianani — translative Bosniakseni — abessive Bosniattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bosniasi — accusative nom. Bosniasi — gen. Bosniasi genitive Bosniasi — partitive Bosniaasi — inessive Bosniassasi — elative Bosniastasi — illative Bosniaasi — adessive Bosniallasi — ablative Bosnialtasi — allative Bosniallesi — essive Bosnianasi — translative Bosniaksesi — abessive Bosniattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bosniamme — accusative nom. Bosniamme — gen. Bosniamme genitive Bosniamme — partitive Bosniaamme — inessive Bosniassamme — elative Bosniastamme — illative Bosniaamme — adessive Bosniallamme — ablative Bosnialtamme — allative Bosniallemme — essive Bosnianamme — translative Bosniaksemme — abessive Bosniattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bosnianne — accusative nom. Bosnianne — gen. Bosnianne genitive Bosnianne — partitive Bosniaanne — inessive Bosniassanne — elative Bosniastanne — illative Bosniaanne — adessive Bosniallanne — ablative Bosnialtanne — allative Bosniallenne — essive Bosniananne — translative Bosniaksenne — abessive Bosniattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Bosniansa — accusative nom. Bosniansa — gen. Bosniansa genitive Bosniansa — partitive Bosniaansa — inessive Bosniassaan Bosniassansa — elative Bosniastaan Bosniastansa — illative Bosniaansa — adessive Bosniallaan Bosniallansa — ablative Bosnialtaan Bosnialtansa — allative Bosnialleen Bosniallensa — essive Bosnianaan Bosnianansa — translative Bosniakseen Bosniaksensa — abessive Bosniattaan Bosniattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Galician

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
2. Bosnia (a country in southeastern Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Related terms

• bosníaco

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔz.nja/
• Rhymes: -ɔznja
• Hyphenation: Bò‧snia

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
2. Bosnia (a country in southeastern Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Derived terms

• bosniaco

Anagrams

• Sabino, basino

Latin

Alternative forms

• Bosna

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔs.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔz.ni.a]

Proper noun

Bosnia f sg (genitive Bosniae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Bosnia:
   1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
   2. Bosnia (a country in southeastern Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2. (Medieval Latin, obsolete) synonym of Mysia Inferior
   • 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)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bosnia
genitive	Bosniae
dative	Bosniae
accusative	Bosniam
ablative	Bosniā
vocative	Bosnia

Norwegian Bokmål

The approximate division between the traditional regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Etymology

Internationalism, based on New Latin Bosnia, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian Bȍsna, the name of the historical region. The region is named after the river Bȍsna. The deeper origin of the river name is uncertain; a pre-Slavic origin has traditionally been proposed, while a Slavic origin has also been argued.

Compare Danish Bosnien, Swedish Bosnien, German Bosnien, Dutch Bosnië, French Bosnie and English Bosnia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹bɔs.ni.a/, [ˈbɔ̀s.nɪ.ǎ]
• Rhymes: -ɔsnia
• Hyphenation: Bos‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Bosnia

1. Bosnia; one of the two traditional historical and geographical regions of Bosnia-Hercegovina, the other being Hercegovina

   Vi kjørte sørover fra Bosnia til Hercegovina. ― We drove south from Bosnia to Herzegovina.

   • 2026 June 25, Jørn Holm-Hansen, “Bosnia-Hercegovina”, in Store norske leksikon‎^[2]:

     Den nordlige del av landet – Bosnia – vender mot Donau og den pannoniske slette.

     The northern part of the country – Bosnia – faces the Danube and the Pannonian Plain.

2. (informal, by ellipsis) Bosnia-Hercegovina; the country as a whole
   • 2026 July 2, Eirik Sørenmo Påsche, “Rødt kort og frisparkperle da USA sendte Bosnia hjem fra VM”, in VG‎^[3]:

     Jeg beklager til folket i Bosnia og det bosniske fotballandslaget.

     I apologize to the people of Bosnia and the Bosnian national football team.

Usage notes

• In its strict geographical sense, Bosnia denotes only one of the two traditional regions of the country.
• The name is also commonly used informally for the entire country, but the official Norwegian state name is Bosnia-Hercegovina.

Derived terms

• Bosnia-Hercegovina (“Bosnia and Herzegovina”)
• bosnier (“Bosnian person”)
• bosnisk (“Bosnian; Bosnian language”)

Related terms

• bosnjak (“Bosniak”)

See also

countries in Europe: Europas land (appendix)edit

• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Aserbajdsjan
• Belgia
• Bosnia-Hercegovina
• Bulgaria
• Danmark
• Estland
• Finland
• Frankrike
• Georgia
• Hellas
• Hviterussland
• Irland
• Island
• Italia
• Kasakhstan
• Kosovo
• Kroatia
• Kypros
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Litauen
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Nederland
• Nord-Makedonia
• Norge
• Polen
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russland
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spania
• Storbritannia
• Sveits
• Sverige
• Tsjekkia
• Tyrkia
• Tyskland
• Ukraina
• Ungarn
• Vatikanstaten
• Østerrike

References

• “Bosna” in Store norske leksikon
• “Bosnia-Hercegovina” in Store norske leksikon
• “Utanlandske stadnamn” by the Language Council of Norway
• Danijel Alerić (1995), “Toponim Bosna kao slavistički problem”, in Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, volume 21, issue 1, pages 5–12
• “Rødt kort og frisparkperle da USA sendte Bosnia hjem fra VM” in VG, 2 July 2026

Anagrams

• bonsai

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbosnja/ [ˈboz.nja]
• Rhymes: -osnja
• Syllabification: Bos‧nia

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
2. Bosnia (a country in southeastern Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Related terms

• bosníaco
• bosnio

Anagrams

• boinas, bonsái

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Bosnia.

Proper noun

Bosnia

1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe)

   Synonym: Bosnia và Herzegovina

Synonyms

• Bosna
• Bô-xni-a

Võro

Proper noun

Bosnia (genitive Bosnia, partitive Bosniat)

1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
2. Bosnia (a country in southeastern Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Inflection

Inflection of Bosnia

	singular	plural
nominative	Bosnia	—
accusative	Bosnia	—
genitive	Bosnia	—
partitive	Bosniat	—
illative	Bosniahe	—
inessive	Bosnian Bosniahn	—
elative	Bosniast	—
allative	Bosnialõ	—
adessive	Bosnial	—
ablative	Bosnialt	—
translative	Bosnias	—
terminative	Bosnianiq	—
abessive	Bosnialdaq	—
comitative	Bosniagaq	—

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔsnja/

Proper noun

Bosnia f

1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
2. Bosnia (a country in southeastern Europe; in full, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Coordinate terms

countries in Europe: gwledydd Ewrop (appendix)edit

• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Aserbaijan
• Awstria
• Belarws
• Bosnia a Hertsegofina
• Bwlgaria
• Casachstan
• Cosofo
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Denmarc
• Dinas y Fatican
• Estonia
• Ffrainc
• Georgia
• Gogledd Macedonia
• Gwlad Belg
• Gwlad Groeg
• Gwlad Pwyl
• Gwlad yr Iâ
• Hwngari
• Iwerddon
• Latfia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithwania
• Lwcsembwrg
• Malta
• Moldofa
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Norwy
• Portiwgal
• Rwmania
• Rwsia
• San Marino
• Sbaen
• Serbia
• Slofacia
• Slofenia
• Sweden
• Tsiecia, y Weriniaeth Tsiec
• Twrci
• Wcráin
• y Deyrnas Unedig
• y Ffindir
• y Swistir
• yr Almaen
• yr Eidal
• yr Iseldiroedd

Derived terms

• Bosnia a Hertsegofina (“Bosnia and Herzegovina”)
• Bosniad (“Bosniak”)
• Bosniaidd (“Bosnian”, adjective)