Definitions
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- proper noun A
river inCroatia andBosnia and Herzegovina .
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Examples
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The flow of the Neretva is a lusty one, towards and beneath the now rebuilt bridge for which Mostar was famous, the stumps of which remained until it was replaced, shiny and inauthentic – but there, at least.
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The World Rafting Championships were held here last year, and the Neretva and Una are among the most beautiful whitewater rivers in the world.
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The World Rafting Championships were held here last year, and the Neretva and Una are among the most beautiful whitewater rivers in the world.
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The road from Sarajevo snaked its way down through the limestone gorges, along the banks of the pale green Neretva river, where pomegranates hung red and ripe in the orchards.
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During a cease-fire in mid-February at least 17 Muslims died in a hail of mortar shells from Croats on the west side of the Neretva.
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During a cease-fire in mid-February at least 17 Muslims died in a hail of mortar shells from Croats on the west side of the Neretva.
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Before that, Muslims and Croats fought together to drive out the Serbs, whose shelling caused much of the vast destruction visible on both sides of the Neretva.
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Still, the fear of local residents was genuine. just days earlier, the Croats had shelled a Muslim enclave on the western side of the Neretva and appeared to be preparing a new offensive.
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"It's a hostage-taking," said Cedric Thornberry, a top U.N. civilian official, who had been one of those trapped in Mostar, Beyond using U.N. forces as a shield to protect civilians against the Croats, the Muslims were buying time to repair downed bridges across the Neretva and to prepare for further fighting.
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There is an iconic bridge that spans the Neretva – nearly 500 years old, it was blown apart by Croat shelling in minutes.
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