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Bosnia and Herzegovinian

Bosnia and Herzegovinian adjective: of, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Adjective

Bosnia and Herzegovinian (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    • Since the objectives and policies of the new occupiers were directly opposed to the interests and aspirations of the Bosnia and Herzegovinian populations, the whole period of Austro-Hungarian administration, until the downfall of the Monarchy, was marked by continuous conflicts between the foreign...1977, Facts about Socialist Republic Bosnia-Herzegovina, page 15
    • Serbs have occupied UN protected areas in eastern Croatia and along the western Bosnia and Herzegovinian border;[…]1994, The World Factbook, page 99

Noun

Bosnia and Herzegovinian (plural Bosnia and Herzegovinians)

  1. A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    • I was greatly encouraged by this positive reaction: it is clear that the vast majority of Bosnia and Herzegovinians – particularly the young – do not want to live in mono-ethnic ghettos, but accept the Western European principle of multi-ethnic ‘live and let live,’ despite the terrible war.2000, The World Today, page 24
    • Bosnia and Herzegovinians generally take life a bit slower than the Western world.2007, Tim Clancy, “Practical Information”, in Bosnia & Herzegovina: The Bradt Travel Guide, 2nd edition, Bradt Travel Guides Ltd; The Globe Pequot Press Inc, →ISBN, part one (General Information)...

Forms of Bosnia and Herzegovinian

Adjective
alternative formBosnia and Herzegovinan
alternative formBosnia-Herzegovinan
alternative formBosnia-Herzegovinian
Noun
pluralBosnia and Herzegovinians

Origin of Bosnia and Herzegovinian

From Bosnia and Herzegovina + -ian.

Questions about Bosnia and Herzegovinian

What does Bosnia and Herzegovinian mean?
Bosnia and Herzegovinian means of, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
What part of speech is Bosnia and Herzegovinian?
Bosnia and Herzegovinian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Bosnia and Herzegovinian in the dictionary

  1. Bosnia and Hercegovina
  2. Bosnia and Herz.
  3. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  4. Bosnia and Herzegovinan
  5. Bosnia and Herzegovinans
  6. Bosnia and Herzegovinian
  7. Bosnia and Herzegovinians
  8. Bosnia-Hercegovina
  9. Bosnia-Herzegovina
  10. Bosnia-Herzegovinan
  11. Bosnia-Herzegovinans

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