Meanings
- 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.
plural Srebrenicas
- An ethnic cleansing massacre, a localized genocide.
And another Srebrenica, a Lidice, a Babi Yar . . .
2008, Ralph Peters, Never Quit the Fight, →ISBN, page 1322 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 155I 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
- Serbo-CroatianSrȅbrenica
- EnglishSrebrenica
From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica.
More words from Serbo-Croatian
Full word history & related roots →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
Rhymes with Srebrenica
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