REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

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

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina"):

Bosnia (the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Sarajevo (capital and largest city of Bosnia; scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I)