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Herzegovina en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌhɜɹtsəɡoʊˈviːnə/
• /ˌhɜːtsəˈɡɒvɪnə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *kóryos Proto-Germanic *harjaz Proto-West Germanic *hari Proto-Indo-European *dewk-? Proto-West Germanic *togō ▲ Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós)calq. Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō Old High German herizogo Middle High German herzog German Herzogbor. ▲ Middle High German herzogbor. Hungarian hercegbor. Serbo-Croatian herceg Proto-Indo-European *-usder. Proto-Indo-European *-osder. Proto-Slavic *-ovъ Serbo-Croatian -ov Proto-Indo-European *-iHneh Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀnāˀder. Proto-Slavic *-ina Serbo-Croatian -ina Serbo-Croatian Hercegovinabor. English Herzegovina A direct borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Hercegovina, from German Herzog (“duke”) + Serbo-Croatian -ov (possessive suffix) + Serbo-Croatian -ina (feminine suffix). Thus meaning, a Duke's possession, a dukedom.

Meanings

1. A historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Forms

Deriveds

Herzegovinan · Herzego- · Bosnia-Herzegovina · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Herzegovinian

Translations (65)

uk Герцегови́на (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · hy Հերցեգովինա (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · tk Gersegowina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · cs Hercegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ja ヘルツェゴビナ (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · mn Херцеговина (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · is Hersegóvína (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · sq Hercegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · mn Герцеговин (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · my ဟာဇီဂိုဗီးနား (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · pl Hercegowina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · kmr Herzegovîna (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ar الْهَرْسَك (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · sk Hercegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · fo Hersegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · it Erzegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · sv Hercegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ru Герцегови́на (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · he הֶרְצֶגוֹבִינָה (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · fa-ira هِرزِگوین (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ug ھېرسېگوۋىنا (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ur ہَرْزِگووِینا (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · tr Hersek (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · lv Hercegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · da Hercegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · de Herzegowina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · sh Hèrcegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · pt Herzegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ja ヘルツェゴヴィナ (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · fr Herzégovine (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · eo Hercegovino (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · nl Herzegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · bg Херцего́вина (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · mn Герцаговин (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ko 헤르쩨고비나 (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · sl Hercegovína (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · sh Хѐрцеговина (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · vi Héc-xê-gô-vi-na (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · be Герцагаві́на (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · tl Ersegobina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · uk Герцеґови́на (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · uz Gertsegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ota هرسك (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ky Герцеговина (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · rue Герцеґовина (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · el Ερζεγοβίνη (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · et Hertsegoviina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · sq Hercegovinë (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · prs هَرْزِگُوِینَا (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · fi Hertsegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ka ჰერცეგოვინა (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · cmn 黑塞哥維那 /黑塞哥维那 (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · az Herseqovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · nb Hercegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ko 헤르체고비나 (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · cy Hertsegofina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · mk Херцеговина (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · kk Герцеговина (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · tg Ҳерсеговина (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ps هرزېګووين (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · hi हर्ज़ेगोविना (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · bn হার্জেগোভিনা (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · lt Hercegovina (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ga An Heirseagaivéin (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina) · yi הערצעגאָווינע (Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina)