Meanings
alternative Sarayevan
- not comparableOf, 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
plural Sarajevans · alternative Sarayevan
- 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
Origin
Translations
Polish sarajewski, sarajewianin
- sarajewskiof, from, or pertaining to, Sarajevo
- sarajewianinsomeone from Sarajevo
- sarajewiankasomeone from Sarajevo
Spanish sarajevita, sarajevita
- sarajevitaof, from, or pertaining to, Sarajevo
- sarajevitasomeone from Sarajevo
Cite this entry
Sarajevan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sarajevan
“Sarajevan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sarajevan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sarajevan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sarajevan.
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