Bosnia-Herzegovina

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A country in the Balkan penninsula of southeastern Europe, formerly a part of Yugoslavia.

Noun

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

Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, European country, European nation, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo