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Sarajevo.

The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ//ˈsæ.ɹə.jeɪ.voʊ//ˌsɑː.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ//ˈsɑː.ɹə.jeɪ.voʊ/
  1. The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.

  2. The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river. The Bosnian government.

    metonymically
  3. A canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Where this word comes from

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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