Borneo
Syllables: Bor·ne·o/ˈbɔːni.əʊ/US/ˈbɔɹnioʊ/
Borneo proper noun: a Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.
Proper noun
Borneo
- A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.
- Synonyms:
- Kalimantan
Borneo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Borneo in Hindi
- island
- वरुण varuṇ, वरुण द्वीप varuṇ dvīp, कर्पूर द्वीप karpūr dvīp, बोरनेओ borneo, बोर्नियो borniyo, बोर्न्यो bornyo
Borneo in Tamil
- island
- போர்னியோ pōrṉiyō
Borneo in Marathi
- island
- बोर्नियो borniyo
Borneo in Urdu
- island
- بورنیو bornyo
More languagesFewer languages
- Borneo in Bengali
- বোর্নিও bōrniō
- Borneo in Telugu
- బోర్నియో bōrniyō
- Borneo in Malayalam
- ബോർണിയോ bōṟṇiyō
- Borneo in Punjabi
- ਬੋਰਨਿਓ bornio
- Borneo in Sanskrit
- कर्पूरद्वीप karpūradvīpa, वरुणद्वीप varuṇadvīpa, वरुण varuṇa
- Borneo in Tagalog
- Borneo
- Borneo in Arabic
- بُورْنِيُو būrniyū
- Borneo in Malay
- Borneo
- Borneo in Indonesian
- Kalimantan
- Borneo in Persian
- بورنئو
- Borneo in Thai
- บอร์เนียว bɔɔ-niao
- Borneo in Vietnamese
- Borneo, Bà La Châu
- Borneo in Myanmar
- ဘော်နီယို bhauniyui
Synonyms of Borneo
Origin of Borneo
From Portuguese Borneo, probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप (varuṇa-dvīpa, “island of Varuna”), therefore a doublet of Brunei.
Words formed from Borneo
- Bornean
- Borneo birdwing Troides andromache)
- Borneo camphor
- Borneo catshark
- Borneo elephant
- Borneo rhinoceros
- Borneo river shark
- Borneo shark
- Borneo tallow
- Borneo Time
- North Borneo
Phrases with Borneo
Questions about Borneo
- What does Borneo mean?
- Borneo means a Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.
- What is Borneo in Hindi?
- Borneo in Hindi is वरुण (varuṇ), वरुण द्वीप (varuṇ dvīp), कर्पूर द्वीप (karpūr dvīp). See Borneo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Borneo?
- Borneo is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Borneo?
- Borneo is pronounced /ˈbɔɹnioʊ/ (US).
Words near Borneo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Borneo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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