republic of bosnia and herzegovina

Questions about republic of bosnia and herzegovina

What does republic of bosnia and herzegovina mean?

republic of bosnia and herzegovina means "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".

What is another word for republic of bosnia and herzegovina?

Close synonyms include Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is republic of bosnia and herzegovina a common word?

republic of bosnia and herzegovina is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.