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bosnia

/bˈɑzniʌ/noun3 syllables

Bosnia means: a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims.

Synonyms for bosnia4

noun, as in a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina

What does bosnia mean?2

noun

1

a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims

2

the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Bosnia in a sentence

  • I didn't know there were pyramids in Bosnia.rul
  • Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Olya
  • The Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina consists of ten cantons.ieflicca
  • You aren't going to Bosnia on vacation.moman
  • And when innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience.saeb
  • Atrocities were done to Muslims in Bosnia.Amastan
  • I come from Bosnia. I'm Bosnian, and I speak Bosnian.Ergulis
  • The United Nations sent peacekeepers to Bosnia.Source_VOA

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