Borneo

Type Island
Usage Malay, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Archaic)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈbɔɹ.ni.oʊ/(American English) /ˈbɔː.ni.əʊ/(British English) /ˈbɔʁ.ne.o/(German) /ˈbɔr.neː.ˌjoː/(Dutch) /boɾ.ˈne.o/(Spanish) /ˈbɔr.ne.o/(Italian)  [key·simplify]

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

RootVaruna (given name)
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 updated October 6, 2024