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Sarajevo

sa·ra·jevo

UK/ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/ US/ˈsæ.ɹə.jeɪ.voʊ/ uncommon

noun

1.

capital and largest city of Bosnia; scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I

Origin

From Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).), and ova "plain, lowland".

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