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border

Source:*granicaProto-Slavic · “boundary (from *granь 'edge')”certain

German Grenze was borrowed from this Slavic word.

English

border

Polish

granica
ɡraˈɲitsa
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BCS script
  • Russian
    грани́цаgranica
    ɡrɐˈnʲitsəinherited
  • Ukrainian
    кордо́нkordon
    kɔrˈdɔndifferent word · French cordon 'cord, line', via Polish kordon

    межа́ is a boundary or limit.

  • Polish
    granica
    ɡraˈɲitsainherited
  • Czech
    hranice
    ˈɦraɲɪtsɛinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    granicaграница
    ˈɡranitsainherited
  • English
    border

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