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| 1. | [ noun ] (government,geography) a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began `ethnic cleansing' to rid Serbian areas of Bosnia of Croats and Muslims | |
| Synonyms: | Bosnia_i_Hercegovina Bosnia bosna_i_hercegovina republic_of_bosnia_and_herzegovina Bosnia_and_Herzegovina | |
| Related terms: | European_country Balkan_country Sarajevo | |
| Similar spelling: |
bosna_i_hercegovina Bosnia_i_Hercegovina |
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