Brunei
Syllables: Bru·neiUK/bɹuːˈnaɪ/
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British/bɹʉwˈnɑj/
Brunei proper noun: a country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
Proper noun
Brunei
- A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- Synonyms:
- Negara Brunei Darussalam
Brunei meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Brunei in Hindi
- a country in Southeast Asia
- ब्रुनेई bruneī
Brunei in Tamil
- a country in Southeast Asia
- புரூணை purūṇai
Brunei in Marathi
- a country in Southeast Asia
- ब्रुनेई bruneī
Brunei in Urdu
- a country in Southeast Asia
- برونائی brūnā'ī, برونائی دارالسلام
More languagesFewer languages
- Brunei in Bengali
- ব্রুনাই brunai, ব্রুনেই brunei
- Brunei in Telugu
- బ్రూనై brūnai
- Brunei in Malayalam
- ബ്രൂണൈ brūṇai
- Brunei in Kannada
- ಬ್ರುನೈ brunai
- Brunei in Punjabi
- ਬਰੂਨਾਈ barūnāī
- Brunei in Gujarati
- બ્રુનેઈ bruneī
- Brunei in Odia
- ବୃନେଇ brunei
- Brunei in Sinhala
- බෲනායි br̥̄nāyi
- Brunei in Nepali
- ब्रुनेई bruneī
- Brunei in Tagalog
- Brunei
- Brunei in Arabic
- بْرُونَاي brūnāy
- Brunei in Malay
- Brunei, Brunei Darussalam
- Brunei in Indonesian
- Brunei
- Brunei in Persian
- برونئی borune'y
- Brunei in Thai
- บรูไน bruu-nai
- Brunei in Vietnamese
- Bru-nây
- Brunei in Myanmar
- ဘရူနိုင်း bha.runuing:
- Sindhi
- برونائي bronāe
- Dhivehi
- ބުރުނައީ burunaī
Synonyms of Brunei
Origin of Brunei
From Malay Brunei, probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa), which also referred to the island of Borneo (a likely cognate to Brunei).
Words formed from Brunei
Phrases with Brunei
Words that rhyme with Brunei
Questions about Brunei
- What does Brunei mean?
- Brunei means a country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- What is Brunei in Hindi?
- Brunei in Hindi is ब्रुनेई (bruneī). See Brunei meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Brunei?
- Brunei is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Brunei?
- Brunei is pronounced /bɹuːˈnaɪ/ (UK).
Words near Brunei in the dictionary
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