Where does “Borneo” come from?

Borneo (Finnish) comes from Portuguese Borneo, from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप — island of Varuna.

Borneo (Finnish): Borneo

Definitions

  1. Borneo

Ancestry of “Borneo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseBorneo—
2Sanskritवरुणद्वीपisland of Varuna

Words derived from “Borneo”

Every word from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप →Every word from Portuguese Borneo →