1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Bosnia

Definition of Bosnia in English :

Define Bosnia in English

Bosnia meaning in English

Meaning of Bosnia in English

Pronunciation of Bosnia in English

Bosnia pronunciation in English

Pronounce Bosnia in English

Bosnia

see synonyms of bosnia

Noun

1. bosnia

the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina

2. bosna i hercegovina, bosnia, bosnia and herzegovina, bosnia-herzegovina, republic of bosnia and herzegovina

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bosnia

see synonyms of bosnia
noun
a region of central Bosnia and Herzegovina: belonged to Turkey (1463–1878), to Austria-Hungary (1879–1918), then to Yugoslavia (1918–91)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bosnia

see synonyms of bosnia
1. A region that constitutes the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was settled by Slavs in the 7th century and became an independent state in the 12th century. Bosnia was controlled after 1463 by Turkey and after 1878 by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which formally annexed Bosnia in 1908. After World War II Bosnia and Herzegovina formed a constituent republic of Yugoslavia.
2. See Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

formication

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches