# Hercegovina
## English
### Proper noun

Hercegovina
* Alternative spelling of Herzegovina

#### Derived terms

* Bosnia and Hercegovina

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ər.sə.ɣuˈβi.nə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ər.sə.ɣuˈvi.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [eɾ.se.ɣoˈvi.na]

### Proper noun

Hercegovina f
* Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Derived terms

* Bòsnia i Hercegovina

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Hercegovina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦɛrt͡sɛɡovɪna]

### Proper noun

Hercegovina f (relational adjective hercegovský, demonym Hercegovec, female demonym Hercegovka)
* Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Related terms

* Bosna a Hercegovina

## Latvian
### Etymology

Borrowed 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: [hertseɡɔvina]
* Audio:(file)
* (with vowel harmony) IPA: [hærtsæɡɔvina]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Hercegovina f (4th declension)
* Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Derived terms

* Bosnija un Hercegovina
* Bosnijas un Hercegovinas Federācija

#### See also

    historical regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bosnija
* Hercegovina

## Lithuanian
### Proper noun

Hercegovina f
* Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Related terms

* hercegovinietis m, hercegovinietė f

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Derived from the title herceg (“duke”), from German Herzog, plus the Serbo-Croatian suffixes -ov and -ina, thus “Land of the Duke”. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xěrt͡seɡoʋina/
** Homophone: hercegovina
* Hyphenation: Her‧ce‧go‧vi‧na

### Proper noun

Hèrcegovina f (Cyrillic spelling Хѐрцеговина)
* Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: Հերցեգովինա (Hercʻegovina)
* → Azerbaijani: Herseqovina
* → Belarusian: Герцагаві́на (Hjercahavína)
* → Bulgarian: Херцего́вина (Hercegóvina)
* → Catalan: Hercegovina
* → Chinese:
    Mandarin: 黑塞哥維那 / 黑塞哥维那 (Hēisàigēwéinà), 黑塞哥维那 (Hēisāigēwéinà)
* → Czech: Hercegovina
* → English: Herzegovina, Herzegowina, Hercegovina
* → Esperanto: Hercegovino
* → Faroese: Hersegovina
* → Finnish: Hertsegovina
* → French: Herzégovine
* → German: Herzegowina
* → Icelandic: Hersegóvína
* → Irish: Heirseagaivéin
* → Italian: Erzegovina
* → Japanese: ヘルツェゴヴィナ (Herutsegovina)
* → Korean: 헤르체고비나 (hereuchegobina)
* → Latvian: Hercegovina
* → Lithuanian: Hercegovina
* → Macedonian: Херцеговина (Hercegovina)
* → Ottoman Turkish: هرسك (Hersek)
* → Polish: Hercegowina
* → Portuguese: Herzegovina
* → Russian: Герцегови́на (Gercegovína)
* → Slovak: Hercegovina
* → Slovene: Hercegovína
* → Spanish: Herzegovina
* → Swedish: Hercegovina
* → Turkish: Hersek
* → Ukrainian: Герцегови́на (Hercehovýna), Герцеґови́на (Hercegovýna)
* → Welsh: Hertsegofina
* → Yiddish: הערצעגאָווינע (hertsegovine)

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xɛrt͡sɛɡɔʋìːna/

### Proper noun

Hercegovína f
* Herzegovina (the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

#### Derived terms

* Bósna in Hercegovína

#### Related terms

* Hercegôvec / Hercegôvka
* hercegôvski