Bornean en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɔː(ɹ)niən/
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Etymology
Etymology tree English Borneo Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Bornean From Borneo + -an.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) From, or pertaining to, Borneo.
To him it seemed that the Bornean rainforests, the tallest on Earth, were places that had: 'remained untouched and unchanged since remote geological epochs[.]'
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 55:
Deriveds
Bornean bay cat · Bornean yellow muntjac · Bornean orangutan · Bornean cat · Bornean bristlehead · Bornean red carnivore · Bornean red cat · Bornean peacock-pheasant · Bornean clouded leopard
Translations (8)
ru борне́йский (from or pertaining to Borneo) · mr बॉर्नियन (from or pertaining to Borneo) · fi borneolainen (from or pertaining to Borneo) · la borneēnsis (from or pertaining to Borneo) · hu borneói (from or pertaining to Borneo) · ga Boirneoch (from or pertaining to Borneo) · pl borneański (from or pertaining to Borneo) · cs bornejský (from or pertaining to Borneo)