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English noun: Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

1. Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (location) 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


SynonymsBosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina


Instance hypernymEuropean country, European nation


Part holonymBosnia, Sarajevo









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