Bosnia and Herzegovina
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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
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Alternative spellings
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Bosnia
- Bosnia and Hercegovina
- Bosnia-Hercegovina
Proper noun
- A country on the Balkan Peninsula with the capital Sarajevo. Until 1992, it was part of Yugoslavia.