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Sarajevan

Sarajevan adjective: of, from, or pertaining to, Sarajevo.

Adjective

Sarajevan (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to, Sarajevo.
    • In a show of Sarajevan defiance or perhaps simply out of habit, old men in flat caps are playing giant chess in the tree-lined square outside the Orthodox cathedral, quite as if they’re not in danger, just as they do every afternoon.2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 53

Noun

Sarajevan (plural Sarajevans)

  1. Someone from Sarajevo.
    • Sarajevans – old, young, men, women, Muslim, Croat, Serb – dart across the road in zigzags in an attempt to dodge the bullets.2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 51

Forms of Sarajevan

Adjective
alternative formSarayevan
Noun
pluralSarajevans

Origin of Sarajevan

From Sarajevo + -an.

Questions about Sarajevan

What does Sarajevan mean?
Sarajevan means of, from, or pertaining to, Sarajevo.
What part of speech is Sarajevan?
Sarajevan can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Sarajevan in the dictionary

  1. Saraiki
  2. Saraikistan
  3. sarais
  4. Saraiva
  5. Saraivas
  6. Sarajevan
  7. Sarajevans
  8. Sarajevo
  9. Sarajevo rose
  10. Sarajevo roses
  11. Sarajevo Safari

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