Bochnia

See also: Bochnią

Polish

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 the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

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

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