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Bosnia.

Bosnia; one of the two traditional historical and geographical regions of Bosnia-Hercegovina, the other being Hercegovina

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Meaning & usage

name/¹bɔs.ni.a/[ˈbɔ̀s.nɪ.ǎ]
  1. Bosnia; one of the two traditional historical and geographical regions of Bosnia-Hercegovina, the other being Hercegovina

    Vi kjørte sørover fra Bosnia til Hercegovina.
  2. Bosnia-Hercegovina; the country as a whole

    informal
Where this word comes from

Internationalism, based on New Latin Bosnia, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian Bȍsna, the name of the historical region. The region is named after the river Bȍsna. The deeper origin of the river name is uncertain; a pre-Slavic origin has traditionally been proposed, while a Slavic origin has also been argued. Compare Danish Bosnien, Swedish Bosnien, German Bosnien, Dutch Bosnië, French Bosnie and English Bosnia.

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