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Bosnia

bos·nia

UK/ˈbɒz.ni.ə/ US/ˈbɑz.ni.ə/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

From the name of the river Bosna.

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