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Definition of Bosnia

1. Noun. The northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

2. Noun. 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.

Definition of Bosnia

1. Proper noun. Northern 75% of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, representing a geographic and historical entity, not an administrative unit. ¹

2. Proper noun. Short form of ''Bosnia and Herzegovina'', used to refer to the whole country in general. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bosnia

Bose-Einstein condensate Bose-Einstein statistics Boselaphus Boselaphus tragocamelus Bosh Bosin's disease Bosjesman Bosjesmans Boskop man Bosman rule

Bosman rules Bosman ruling Bosman rulings Bosna Bosna i Hercegovina Bosnia (current term) Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Hercegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosniac

Bosniacs Bosniak Bosniaks Bosnian Bosnians Bosox Bosphorus Bosporian Bosporus Bosporus Bridge

Literary usage of Bosnia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"From the tenth century Herzegovina had formed a so-called buffer district between the Dalmatic coast and Bosnia on the one side and Servia on the other. ..."

2. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"It was d that Austria should receive Bosnia on that she took no part in the war. ... "Bosnia and ina are situated in the northwest corner Ikan Peninsula, ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"At dawn of history Bosnia and Herzegovina form part of Illyria. ... Christianisation of Bosnia takes place from Rome, and at the same time from the east ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"•0 po tro King Matthias Corvinus made a vigorous attempt to rescue Bosnia ; and in the year 1463 he drove many of the Ottoman garrisons out. ..."

5. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1882)
"In many respects the mountain ranges of Bosnia, and of its southern province, ... The most elevated chain of Northern Bosnia is that which separates it from ..."

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