English

Proper noun

Hercegovina

1. Alternative spelling of Herzegovina

Derived terms

• Bosnia and Hercegovina

Czech

Proper noun

Hercegovina f

1. Herzegovina (southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Related terms

• Bosna a Hercegovina

Latvian

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)

1. Herzegovina (southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina; a historical, not an administrative, region)

Declension

Derived terms

• Bosnija un Hercegovina
• Bosnijas un Hercegovinas Federācija

See also

historical regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Hercegovina f

1. Herzegovina

Related terms

• hercegovinietis m, hercegovinietė f

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xěrt͡seɡoʋina/

  Homophones: hercegovina

• Hyphenation: Her‧ce‧go‧vi‧na

Proper noun

Hèrcegovina f ‎(Cyrillic spelling Хѐрцеговина)

1. Herzegovina

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛrtsɛɡɔˈʋìːna/
• Tonal orthography: hercegovína

Proper noun

Hercegovína f ‎(genitive Hercegovíne)

1. Herzegovina

Declension

Derived terms

• Bósna in Hercegovína

Related terms

• Hercegôvec / Hercegôvka
• hercegôvski