Bosnia and Herzegovina (n)
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (n)
Bosna i Hercegovina (n)
Bosnia-Herzegovina (n)
Bosnia (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 15
def a mountainous republic of south-central Europe
def formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia
def 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
Outgoing links
Instance Hypernym European country, European nation
Derivationally related form Bosnia → Bosnian
Part meronym Bosnia; Sarajevo
Incoming links
Derivationally related form Bosnian → Bosnia
Pertainym (pertains to noun) Bosnian → Bosnia-Herzegovina
Instance Hyponym European country, European nation
Part holonym Bosnia; Sarajevo

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