Srebrenica

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/ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə//ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/UK, also/-ˈnɪtsə/

proper noun

A town and municipality in the easternmost part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was the site of an ethnic cleansing massacre in July 1995.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and municipality in the easternmost part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was the site of an ethnic cleansing massacre in July 1995.
nounSrebrenica (plural Srebrenicas)

plural Srebrenicas

  1. An ethnic cleansing massacre, a localized genocide.

    And another Srebrenica, a Lidice, a Babi Yar . . .

    2008, Ralph Peters, Never Quit the Fight, →ISBN, page 132
    2 more examples

    The West had seen enough of Milosevic and they would not tolerate the possibility of another Srebrenica.

    2011, Western Intervention in the Balkans: The Strategic Use of Emotion in Conflict, Roger D. Petersen, →ISBN, page 155

    I think we all saw that very strong leader in The Times on Saturday, with the suggestion that the UN was walking, in the case of Jonglei, into another Srebrenica or another Rwanda.

    2012 January 17, Canon Ian Woodward, in comments before the United Kingdom House of Commons, published in South Sudan: prospects for peace and development, fifteenth report of session 2010–12 →ISBN, page 15

Origin

  1. Serbo-CroatianSrȅbrenica
  2. EnglishSrebrenica

From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica.

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Translations

Bulgarian Сре́бреница
  • Сре́бреница (Srébrenica)Bosnian town
Czech Srebrenica
  • SrebrenicaBosnian town
Danish Srebrenica
  • SrebrenicaBosnian town
Dutch Srebrenica
  • SrebrenicaBosnian town
French Srebrenica
  • SrebrenicaBosnian town
German Srebrenica
  • SrebrenicaBosnian town
Greek Σρεμπρένιτσα
  • Σρεμπρένιτσα (Sremprénitsa)Bosnian town
Latin Argentaria
  • ArgentariaBosnian town
Polish Srebrenica
  • SrebrenicaBosnian town
Russian Сре́бреница
  • Сре́бреница (Srébrenica)Bosnian town
Slovak Srebrenica
  • SrebrenicaBosnian town
Turkish Srebrenitsa
  • SrebrenitsaBosnian town
Ukrainian Сре́брениця
  • Сре́брениця (Srébrenycja)Bosnian town
Urdu سریبرینیتسا
  • سریبرینیتسا (srībrenītsā)Bosnian town

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

Srebrenica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Srebrenica

MLA

“Srebrenica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Srebrenica. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Srebrenica,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Srebrenica.

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