Bosnia and Herzegovina

English

Alternative forms

BiH, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Herzeg-Bosnia

Etymology

From Bosnia +‎ and +‎ Herzegovina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə ænd ˌhɜɹ.t͡sɨ.ɡoʊˈviː.nə/, enPR: bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə
IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə ænd hɜɹ.t͡sɨˈɡoʊ.vɨn.ə/, enPR: bŏz′·nē·ə and hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə
IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə ənd ˌhɜɹ.t͡sɨ.ɡoʊˈviː.nə/, enPR: bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə
IPA^(key): /ˈbɒz.ni.ə ənd hɜɹ.t͡sɨˈɡoʊ.vɨn.ə/, enPR: bŏz′·nē·ə ənd hûrts′·ə·gōv′·ĭn·ə
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Proper noun

Bosnia and Herzegovina

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Capital and largest city: Sarajevo. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992.

Coordinate terms

Albania
Balkans
Croatia
Greater Albania
Greater Croatia
Greater Serbia
Greater Yugoslavia
Serbia
Yugoslavia

Derived terms

Bosnia and Herzegovinian

Related terms

Translations

country on the Balkan peninsula

Abaza: Босния-Герцеговина (Bosnija-Gercegovina)
Acehnese: Bosnia Hèrzègovina
Afrikaans: Bosnië-Herzegowina
Albanian: Bosnja dhe Hercegovina (sq) f
Amharic: ቦስኒያና ሄርጸጎቪና (bosniyana herṣägovina)
Arabic: الْبُوسْنَة وَالْهَرْسَك f (al-būsna wa-l-harsak)
Hijazi Arabic: البوسنة و الهرسك f (al-bōsna wa-l-harsak)
Aramaic: ܒܘܣܢܐ ܘܗܪܬܣܓܘܒܝܢܐ
Armenian: Բոսնիա եւ Հերցեգովինա (Bosnia ew Herc‘egovina)
Asturian: Bosnia y Herzegovina
Azerbaijani: Bosniya-Herseqovina, Bosniya və Herseqovina (az)
Bashkir: Босния һәм Герцеговина (Bosniya həm Gertsegovina)
Basque: Bosnia-Herzegovina (eu)
Belarusian: Бо́снія і Герцагаві́на f (Bósnija i Hjercahavína), Бо́сьнія і Герцагаві́на f (Bósʹnija i Hjercahavína) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: বসনিয়া ও হার্জেগোভিনা (bn) (bosniẏa ō harjegōbhina)
Breton: Bosnia ha Herzegovina
Bulgarian: Бо́сна и Херцего́вина f (Bósna i Hercegóvina)
Burmese: ဘော့စနီးယားနှင့်ဟာဇီဂိုဗီးနား (bhau.ca.ni:ya:hnang.hajiguibi:na:)
Carpathian Rusyn: Бо́снія і Герцеґови́на f (Bósnija i Hercegovýna)
Catalan: Bòsnia i Hercegovina (ca) f
Chechen: Босни-Герцеговина (Bosni-Gercegovina)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (full name) 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那／波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 (zh) (Bōsīníyà hé Hēisāigēwéinà), (abbreviation) 波黑 (zh) (Bōhēi)
Crimean Tatar: Bosna ve Hersek
Czech: Bosna a Hercegovina (cs) f
Danish: Bosnien-Hercegovina (da) n, Bosnien og Hercegovina n
Dhivehi: ބޮސްނިއާ (bosniā), ބޮސްނިޔާ އެންޑް ހެރްޒިގޮވީނާ (dv) (bosniyā en̊ḍ herzigovīnā)
Dutch: Bosnië en Herzegovina (nl) n
Esperanto: Bosnio-Hercegovino, Bosnio kaj Hercegovino
Estonian: Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina (et)
Farefare: Bɔsnɛrgɔ
Faroese: Bosnia-Hersegovina
Finnish: Bosnia ja Hertsegovina (fi)
French: Bosnie-Herzégovine (fr) f, (rare) Bosnie-et-Herzégovine (fr) f
Galician: Bosnia e Hercegovina (gl)
Georgian: ბოსნია და ჰერცეგოვინა (ka) (bosnia da hercegovina), ბოსნია-ჰერცეგოვინა (bosnia-hercegovina)
German: Bosnien und Herzegowina (de) n
Greek: Βοσνία και Ερζεγοβίνη (el) f (Vosnía kai Erzegovíni)
Hausa: Bosnia da Herzegovina
Hebrew: בּוֹסְנִיָּה וְהֶרְצֶגוֹבִינָה (he) f (bosniya v'hertsegovina)
Hindi: बोसनिया हर्ज़ेगोविना m (bosniyā harzegovinā)
Hungarian: Bosznia-Hercegovina (hu), Bosznia és Hercegovina (hu)
Icelandic: Bosnía og Hersegóvína (is) f
Ido: Bosnia e Herzegovina (io)
Igbo: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Interlingua: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia e Herzegovina
Irish: an Bhoisnia-Heirseagaivéin f, an Bhoisnia agus an Heirseagaivéin f
Italian: Bosnia-Erzegovina f, Bosnia ed Erzegovina (it) f
Japanese: ボスニア・ヘルツェゴヴィナ (ja) (Bosunia-Herutsegovina), ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ (ja) (Bosunia-Herutsegobina)
Kabardian: Босниерэ Герцеговинэрэ (Bosnijerɛ Ɣercegʷovinɛrɛ)
Kannada: ಬೊಸ್ನಿಯ ಮತ್ತು ಹೆರ್ಜೆಗೊವಿನ (kn) (bosniya mattu herjegovina)
Karachay-Balkar: Босния бла Герцеговина (Bosniya bla Gertsegovina)
Karakalpak: Bosniya ha'm Gertsegovina
Kashubian: Bòsniô ë Hercegòwina f
Kazakh: Босния және Герцеговина (kk) (Bosniä jäne Gersegovina)
Khakas: Босния паза Герцеговина (Bosniya paza Gertsegovina)
Khmer: បូស្នៀ និង ហេហ្សេហ្គូវីណា (bousniə nɨng heezeeguuviinaa)
Komi-Zyrian: Босния да Герцеговина (Bosńija da Gercegovina), Босния-Герцеговина (Bosńija-Gercegovina)
Korean: 보스니아 헤르체고비나 (ko) (Boseunia hereuchegobina), 보스니아 헤르쩨고비나 (ko) (Boseunia hereujjegobina) (North Korea)
Kumyk: Босния ва Герцеговина (Bosniya wa Gertsegowina)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Bosna-Hersek
Kyrgyz: Босния жана Герцеговина (Bosniya jana Gertsegovina)
Ladin: please add this translation if you can
Ladino: please add this translation if you can
Lao: ບົດສະນີແຮກເຊໂກວີນ (bot sa nī hǣk sē kō wīn)
Latin: Bosnia et Herzegovia, Bosnia et Herzegovina
Latvian: Bosnija un Hercegovina f
Lithuanian: Bosnija ir Hercegovina (lt) f
Low German: Bosnien-Herzegowina (nds)
Macedonian: Босна и Херцеговина (mk) (Bosna i Hercegovina)
Malay: Bosnia dan Herzegovina (ms)
Malayalam: ബോസ്നിയ ഹെർസെഗോവിന (bōsniya heṟsegōvina)
Maltese: Il-Bożnja u Ħerzegovina f
Maori: Pōngia-Herekōmina
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Босни-Герцаговин (Bosni-Gercagovin), Босни ба Герцеговин (Bosni ba Gercegovin), Босни ба Херцеговина (Bosni ba Xercegovina)
Navajo: Bosna dóó Hetsog bikéyah
Norman: Bosnie et Herzegovina f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Bosnia-Hercegovina (no) n

Nynorsk: Bosnia-Hercegovina (nn) n
Pashto: بوسنيا‑هرزېګووين f (bosnyā-herzogowin)
Persian:
Dari Persian: بوسْنِیَا و هَرْزِگُوِینَا (bōsniyā u harziguwīnā)

Iranian Persian: بوسْنی و هِرْزِگُوین (bosni o herzegovin)
Polish: Bośnia i Hercegowina (pl) f
Portuguese: Bósnia-Herzegovina (pt) f, Bósnia e Herzegovina (pt) f
Romanian: Bosnia și Herțegovina (ro) f
Russian: Бо́сния и Герцегови́на (ru) f (Bósnija i Gercegovína)
Samogitian: Bosnėjė ėr Hercuogovėna
Santali: ᱵᱚᱥᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱨᱡᱮᱜᱳᱵᱷᱤᱱᱟ (bôsniya ar harjegobhina)
Scots: Bosnie en Herzegovinae
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Бо̏сна и Хѐрцеговина f

Roman: Bȍsna i Hèrcegovina f
Shan: မိူင်းပေႃးသၼီးယႃး လႄႈ ႁႃႇၸီႇၵူဝ်းဝီးၼႃး (móeng páu sǎ níi yáa lāae hàa tsìi kó wíi náa)
Sicilian: Bosnia-Erzegòvina f, Bosnia-Erzegovina f
Silesian: Bośńa a Hercegowina f
Sinhalese: බොස්‍නියා සහ හර්‍සෙගොවිනා (bosniyā saha harsegowinā)
Slovak: Bosna a Hercegovina f
Slovene: Bósna in Hercegovína f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Bosniska-Hercegowinska f

Upper Sorbian: Bosniska a Hercegowina f
Spanish: Bosnia-Herzegovina (es) f, Bosnia y Herzegovina (es) f
Swahili: Bosnia na Herzegovina
Swedish: Bosnien och Hercegovina (sv) n
Tagalog: Bosniya at Ersegobina
Tajik: Босния ва Ҳерсеговина (Bosniya va Hersegovina)
Tamil: போஸ்னியா ஹெர்ஸிகோவினா (pōsṉiyā hersikōviṉā)
Tatar: Босния һәм Герцеговина (Bosniyähäm Gertsegowina)
Telugu: బోస్నియా మరియు హెర్జెగొవీనా (te) (bōsniyā mariyu herjegovīnā)
Thai: บอสเนียและเฮอร์เซโกวีนา (th) (bɔ́ɔs-niia lɛ́ həə-see-goo-wii-nâa)
Tibetan: བྷོསུ་ནིཡ་དང་ཧར་ཛེ་གྷོ་ཝི་ན (bhosu niy dang har dze gho wi na)
Tigrinya: ቦዝንያን ሄርዘጎቪናን (boznəyan herzägovinan)
Turkish: Bosna-Hersek (tr)
Turkmen: Bosniýa we Gersegowina
Ukrainian: Бо́снія і Герцегови́на (uk) f (Bósnija i Hercehovýna), Бо́снія і Герцеґови́на f (Bósnija i Hercegovýna)
Urdu: بوسْنِیا ہَرْزِگووِینا m (bosniyā harzigovīnā)
Uyghur: بوسنىيە ۋە ھېرسېگوۋىنا (bosniye we hërsëgowina)
Uzbek: Bosniya va Gertsegovina
Veps: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: Bô-xni-a Héc-xê-gô-vi-na
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Võro: Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina
Votic: please add this translation if you can
Walloon: Bosneye eyet Herzegovine
Welsh: Bosna a Hercegovina
West Frisian: Bosnje en Herzegovina
Yakut: Босния уонна Герцеговина (Bosniya uonna Gertsegovina)
Yiddish: באָסניע און הערצעגאָווינע f (bosnye un hertsegovine)
Yoruba: Bọ̀síníà àti Ẹtisẹgófínà

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

Northern Altai: ^{(please verify)} Босния ла Герцеговина (Bosniya la Gercegovina)
Southern Altai: ^{(please verify)} Босния ла Герцеговина (Bosniya la Gercegovina)