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Bosnia

DEFINITIONS OF: Bosnia

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n 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 and Herzegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Example of:
European country, European nation
any one of the countries occupying the European continent

n the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Example of:
province, state
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
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