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Bosna i Hercegovina

Bosna i Hercegovina

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The name in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian for the country Bosnia and Herzegovina in southeastern Europe
  • proper noun
translation icon : Bosnia y Herzegovina
  • Many international organizations recognize Bosna i Hercegovina as a sovereign state.

Examples

  • Tourists are increasingly drawn to the natural beauty of Bosna i Hercegovina.

  • He studied the recent history of Bosna i Hercegovina in his political science class.

  • Bosna i Hercegovina is beautiful.

  • I love Bosna i Hercegovina!

  • Many international organizations recognize Bosna i Hercegovina as a sovereign state.

  • He studied the recent history of Bosna i Hercegovina in his political science class.

  • Tourists are increasingly drawn to the natural beauty of Bosna i Hercegovina.

Synonyms

Bosnia-Herzegovina
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A country in south-eastern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula

is the official local-language name used in Bosnian Croatian and Serbian
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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A country in southeast Europe with mountains and capital Sarajevo

is the official local-language name rather than the general English description

Surface Forms

Bosna i Hercegovina main

Morphology

Bosna + i + Hercegovina

This is a toponym made of two place-names joined by the conjunction 'i' (meaning 'and' in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian). If a learner knows the constituent names and that 'i' = 'and', the meaning 'Bosnia and Herzegovina' is directly compositional and immediately recognizable, following a common cross-linguistic pattern for country names.

Etymology

Bosna i Hercegovina comes from two old regions of the land. Bosna was the central plain and Hercegovina was the southern hills named after a local leader called a 'duke', so the name can be read as 'Bosnia and the duke's land' and shows the country is made of these two parts.