bosnia_and_herzegovina
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-Herzegovina
Related terms: European_country Balkan_country Sarajevo