Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A region comprising the southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Largely independent after the 10th century, it was conquered by Bosnia in the 14th century and (with Bosnia) by Turkey in the 15th century. Bosnia and Herzegovina formed a constituent republic of Yugoslavia from 1946 to 1991.
Wiktionary
- n. Southern wedge of the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Represents a geographic and historic entity, not an administrative unit.
Etymologies
- German Herzog ("duke") + Serbo-Croatian -ina (feminine suffix) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“According to official statistics, unemployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina is 43%.”
“Reed, 33, from Bosnia-Herzegovina, is making her fourth Olympic appearance, the second for the USA.”
“Bosnia Herzegovina was a mistake," Mr. Dodik said at his office in Republika Srpska's new steel-and-glass government complex in the entity's capital, Banja Luka.”
The Wall Street Journal: Bosnian Serb Leader Damps Hopes of Post-Vote Accord
“Bosnia and Herzegovinawithin Bosnia and Herzegovina's recognized borders, the country is divided into a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation (about 51% of the territory) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska or RS (about 49% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and Montenegro, and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic Croat majority in the west and an ethnic Serb majority in the east”
“Geographynote: within Bosnia and Herzegovina's recognized borders, the country is divided into a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation (about 51% of the territory) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska or RS (about 49% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and Montenegro, and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic Croat majority in the west and an ethnic Serb majority in the east”
“Republika Srpska or RS (about 49\% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and Serbia and”
“Republika Srpska or RS (about 49\% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic Croat majority”
“But it was no sooner over than the crisis over the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is dealt with above, eclipsed all purely domestic affairs in the larger European question.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
“Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is to include territories in which”
“Herzegovina, which is unanimously considered by philologists to be the purest of the Serbo-Croat dialects.”
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