Meanings
proper noun
alternative BiH · alternative Bosnia-Herzegovina · alternative Bosnia · alternative Bosnia and Hercegovina · alternative Bosnia-Hercegovina · alternative Herzeg-Bosnia
- A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Capital and largest city: Sarajevo. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992.
Mr. Parenti is the leader of a campaign to defend Slobodan Milosovic, who was charged and tried with war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina but died before his victims were able to justice achieved.
2015, Various Authors, “Responses to David N. Gibbs Article by John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha V Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, K ajan, Kees van der Pijl, an der Pijl, and John Feffer”, in Class, Race and Corporate Power, volume 3, number 2, page 14
Origin
- Serbo-CroatianBosna i Hercegovina
- EnglishBosnia and Herzegovina
From Bosnia + and + Herzegovina, as a calque of Serbo-Croatian Bosna i Hercegovina.
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Afrikaans Bosnië-Herzegowina
- Bosnië-Herzegowinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Arabic الْبُوسْنَة وَالْهَرْسَك
- الْبُوسْنَة وَالْهَرْسَك (al-būsna wa-l-harsak)country on the Balkan peninsula
Basque Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Bosnia-Herzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Bengali বসনিয়া ও হার্জেগোভিনা
- বসনিয়া ও হার্জেগোভিনা (bosniẏa ō harjegōbhina)country on the Balkan peninsula
Bulgarian Бо́сна и Херцего́вина
- Бо́сна и Херцего́вина (Bósna i Hercegóvina)country on the Balkan peninsula
Catalan Bòsnia i Hercegovina
- Bòsnia i Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Chinese Mandarin 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那 /波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納 /波士尼亚与赫塞哥维纳, 波黑
- 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那 /波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納 /波士尼亚与赫塞哥维纳 (Bōsīníyà hé Hēisàigēwéinà)country on the Balkan peninsula
- 波黑 (Bōhēi)country on the Balkan peninsula
Czech Bosna a Hercegovina
- Bosna a Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Danish Bosnien-Hercegovina, Bosnien og Hercegovina
- Bosnien-Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
- Bosnien og Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Dutch Bosnië en Herzegovina
- Bosnië en Herzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Esperanto Bosnio-Hercegovino, Bosnio kaj Hercegovino
- Bosnio-Hercegovinocountry on the Balkan peninsula
- Bosnio kaj Hercegovinocountry on the Balkan peninsula
Estonian Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina
- Bosnia ja Hertsegoviinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Finnish Bosnia ja Hertsegovina
- Bosnia ja Hertsegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
French Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bosnie-et-Herzégovine
- Bosnie-Herzégovinecountry on the Balkan peninsula
- Bosnie-et-Herzégovinecountry on the Balkan peninsula
German Bosnien und Herzegowina
- Bosnien und Herzegowinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Greek Βοσνία και Ερζεγοβίνη
- Βοσνία και Ερζεγοβίνη (Vosnía kai Erzegovíni)country on the Balkan peninsula
Hebrew בּוֹסְנִיָּה וְהֶרְצֶגוֹבִינָה
- בּוֹסְנִיָּה וְהֶרְצֶגוֹבִינָה (bosniya v'hertsegovina)country on the Balkan peninsula
Hindi बोस्निया और हर्ज़ेगोविना
- बोस्निया और हर्ज़ेगोविना (bosniyā aur harzegovinā)country on the Balkan peninsula
Hungarian Bosznia-Hercegovina, Bosznia és Hercegovina
- Bosznia-Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
- Bosznia és Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Icelandic Bosnía og Hersegóvína
- Bosnía og Hersegóvínacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Indonesian Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Bosnia-Herzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Irish Boisnia-Heirseagaivéin, Boisnia agus Heirseagaivéin
- Boisnia-Heirseagaivéincountry on the Balkan peninsula
- Boisnia agus Heirseagaivéincountry on the Balkan peninsula
Italian Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bosnia ed Erzegovina
- Bosnia-Erzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
- Bosnia ed Erzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Japanese ボスニア・ヘルツェゴヴィナ, ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ
- ボスニア・ヘルツェゴヴィナ (Bosunia-Herutsegovina)country on the Balkan peninsula
- ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ (Bosunia-Herutsegobina)country on the Balkan peninsula
Korean 보스니아 헤르체고비나, 보스니아 헤르쩨고비나
- 보스니아 헤르체고비나 (Boseunia hereuchegobina)country on the Balkan peninsula
- 보스니아 헤르쩨고비나 (Boseunia hereujjegobina)country on the Balkan peninsula
Latin Bosnia et Herzegovia, Bosnia et Herzegovina
- Bosnia et Herzegoviacountry on the Balkan peninsula
- Bosnia et Herzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Latvian Bosnija un Hercegovina
- Bosnija un Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Lithuanian Bosnija ir Hercegovina
- Bosnija ir Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Malay Bosnia dan Herzegovina
- Bosnia dan Herzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Māori Pōngia-Herekōmina
- Pōngia-Herekōminacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Norwegian Bokmål Bosnia-Hercegovina
- Bosnia-Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Polish Bośnia i Hercegowina
- Bośnia i Hercegowinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Portuguese Bósnia-Herzegovina, Bósnia e Herzegovina
- Bósnia-Herzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
- Bósnia e Herzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Romanian Bosnia și Herțegovina
- Bosnia și Herțegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Russian Бо́сния и Герцегови́на
- Бо́сния и Герцегови́на (Bósnija i Gercegovína)country on the Balkan peninsula
Slovak Bosna a Hercegovina
- Bosna a Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Spanish Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia y Herzegovina
- Bosnia-Herzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
- Bosnia y Herzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Swahili Bosnia na Herzegovina
- Bosnia na Herzegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Swedish Bosnien och Hercegovina
- Bosnien och Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Tagalog Bosniya at Ersegobina
- Bosniya at Ersegobinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Tamil போஸ்னியா ஹெர்ஸிகோவினா
- போஸ்னியா ஹெர்ஸிகோவினா (pōsṉiyā hersikōviṉā)country on the Balkan peninsula
Thai บอสเนียและเฮอร์เซโกวีนา
- บอสเนียและเฮอร์เซโกวีนา (bɔ́ɔs-niia lɛ́ həə-see-goo-wii-nâa)country on the Balkan peninsula
Turkish Bosna-Hersek
- Bosna-Hersekcountry on the Balkan peninsula
Ukrainian Бо́снія і Герцегови́на, Бо́снія і Герцеґови́на
- Бо́снія і Герцегови́на (Bósnija i Hercehovýna)country on the Balkan peninsula
- Бо́снія і Герцеґови́на (Bósnija i Hercegovýna)country on the Balkan peninsula
Urdu بوسْنِیا ہَرْزِگووِینا
- بوسْنِیا ہَرْزِگووِینا (bosniyā harzigovīnā)country on the Balkan peninsula
Vietnamese Bô-xni-a Héc-xê-gô-vi-na
- Bô-xni-a Héc-xê-gô-vi-nacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Welsh Bosna a Hercegovina
- Bosna a Hercegovinacountry on the Balkan peninsula
Yiddish באָסניע און הערצעגאָווינע
- באָסניע און הערצעגאָווינע (bosnye un hertsegovine)country on the Balkan peninsula
Cite this entry
APA
Bosnia and Herzegovina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina
MLA
“Bosnia and Herzegovina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bosnia and Herzegovina,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina.
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