Type Island
Pronounced Pron. BAWR-nee-o(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From a European (probably Portuguese) rendering of the name of the Sultanate of Brunei. This is an island in southeastern Asia divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. It is called Kalimantan in Indonesian.

Related Names

VariantsBrunei(Malay) Brunei(English) Brunei(German) Brunei(Dutch) Brunéi(Spanish) Brunei(Italian) Bornéu, Brunei(Portuguese)
Other Languages & CulturesBrunei(Albanian) Brunai, Brunay(Arabic) Bruney(Armenian) Bruney(Azerbaijani) Brunai(Bengali) Brunej(Bosnian) Bruney(Bulgarian) Brunei(Catalan) Brunej(Croatian) Brunej(Czech) Brunei(Danish) Brunei(Estonian) Brunei(Finnish) Bornéo, Brunei, Brunéi(French) Brunei(Georgian) Brounei(Greek) Brunei(Hindi) Brunei(Hungarian) Brunei(Indonesian) Brunéi(Javanese) Bruney(Kazakh) Bruney(Kyrgyz) Bruneja(Latvian) Brunėjus(Lithuanian) Brunej(Macedonian) Brunei(Norwegian) Borunei(Persian) Brunei(Polish) Brunei(Romanian) Bruney(Russian) Brunej(Serbian) Brunej(Slovak) Brunej(Slovene) Brunéi(Sundanese) Brunei(Swedish) Brunei(Tagalog) Bruney(Tajik) Brunai(Thai) Brunei(Turkish) Bruney(Ukrainian)
Same SpellingBornéo
Entry added December 7, 2022