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Hercegovina
Hercegovina
See also: Hercegovinā
Czech
Proper noun
Hercegovina f
- Herzegovina (southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Related terms
Latvian
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Hercegovina
Etymology
A borrowing 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.
Pronunciation
- (without vowel harmony) IPA(key): [hertseɡɔvina]
- (with vowel harmony) IPA(key): [hærtsæɡɔvina]
Proper noun
Hercegovina f (4th declension)
- Herzegovina (southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina; a historical, not an administrative, region)
Declension
Declension of Hercegovina (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Hercegovina | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Hercegovinu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Hercegovinas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Hercegovinai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Hercegovinu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Hercegovinā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Hercegovina | — |
Derived terms
See also
- historical regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xěrt͡seɡoʋina/
- Homophones: hercegovina
- Hyphenation: Her‧ce‧go‧vi‧na
Proper noun
Hèrcegovina f (Cyrillic spelling Хѐрцеговина)
Declension
Declension of Hercegovina
singular | |
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nominative | Hercegovina |
genitive | Hercegovine |
dative | Hercegovini |
accusative | Hercegovinu |
vocative | Hercegovino |
locative | Hercegovini |
instrumental | Hercegovinom |
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɛrtsɛɡɔˈʋìːna/
- Tonal orthography: hercegovína
Proper noun
Hercegovína f (genitive Hercegovíne)
Declension
Declension of Hercegovína (feminine, a-stem)
singular | |
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nominative | Hercegovína |
accusative | Hercegovíno |
genitive | Hercegovíne |
dative | Hercegovíni |
locative | Hercegovíni |
instrumental | Hercegovíno |
Derived terms
Related terms
- Hercegôvec / Hercegôvka
- hercegôvski