bosnia | ||
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_and_Herzegovina Bosnia_i_Hercegovina bosna_i_hercegovina republic_of_bosnia_and_herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina | |
Related terms: | European_country Balkan_country Sarajevo | |
Similar spelling: |
Boykinia bocconia Boysen bo'sun bo's'n bosun boson Bosen bos'n Bogen Bogan Bosma |