Bochnia

See also: Bochnią

English

Etymology

From Polish Bochnia.

Proper noun

Bochnia

1. A town in Bochnia, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
2. A county of Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: 博赫尼亞 / 博赫尼亚 Latvian: Bohņa f

Polish

 

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Bochnia

Etymology

From earlier Bochynia, from *boch +‎ -ynia. The first part is of uncertain origin but may mean “swampy hollow.”^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔx.ɲa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔxɲa
• Syllabification: Boch‧nia

Proper noun

Bochnia f (related adjective bocheński)

1. Bochnia (a town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Bochnia

	singular
nominative	Bochnia
genitive	Bochni
dative	Bochni
accusative	Bochnię
instrumental	Bochnią
locative	Bochni
vocative	Bochnio

Derived terms

nouns

• bochnianin
• bochnianka

References

1. ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Bochnia”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, pages 239–240

Further reading

• Bochnia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Bochnia in PWN's encyclopedia