Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • /ˈbɒz.ni.ə ænd ˌhɜɹ.t͡sɪ.ɡoʊˈviː.nə/ US
  • /-hɜɹ.t͡sɪˈɡoʊ.vɪn.ə/ US
  • /-ənd/ US
  • /ˌbɒz.niːə ən(d)ˌhɜːtsəˈɡɒvɪ.nə/ UK
  • /-hɜːtsə.ɡə(ʊ)ˈviːnə/ UK

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From Bosnia + and + Herzegovina, as a calque of Serbo-Croatian Bosna i Hercegovina.

proper noun BiH · Bosnia-Herzegovina · Bosnia · Bosnia and Hercegovina · Bosnia-Hercegovina · Herzeg-Bosnia

  1. A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Capital and largest city: Sarajevo. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992. Mr. Parenti is the leader of a campaign to defend Slobodan Milosovic, who was charged and tried with war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina but died before his victims were able to justice achieved.

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"Bosnia and Herzegovina." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bosnia%20and%20herzegovina. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bosnia%20and%20herzegovina

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"Bosnia and Herzegovina." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bosnia%20and%20herzegovina.

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@misc{bosnia_and_herzegovina_2026,
  title = {Bosnia and Herzegovina},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bosnia%20and%20herzegovina},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}