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herzegovina

/ˌhɜːtsəˈɡɒvɪnə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables
herze-gov-ina
IPA
/ˌhɜːtsəˈɡɒvɪnə/
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Herzegowina (alternative) Hercegovina (alternative)

Derived Forms

Herzegovinan Herzegovinian

Phrases

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina Herzego-

Rhymes With

arena argentina nina marina christina tina serena lena regina katrina gina angelina

Questions

How do you pronounce herzegovina?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhɜːtsəˈɡɒvɪnə/.
What does herzegovina mean?
A historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Where does herzegovina come from?
It is traced to German.

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