Bosnia and Herzegovina

/ˈbɑsniə ən hərtzəgoʊˈvinə/

/ˈbɒsniə ən hətzəgəʊˈvinə/

Definitions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

1. 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
   synonyms: Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

   example of:

   European country, European nation

   any one of the countries occupying the European continent