Bosnian

/ (ˈbɒznɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to Bosnia or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Bosnia
the language spoken in Bosnia-Herzegovina, formerly regarded as a dialect of Serbo-Croatian

usage For Bosnian

The Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian languages were regarded as dialects of Serbo-Croat before the three countries emerged as independent states in the 1990s. Some linguists still refer to a single Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BHS) language; however, the more common practice is to treat Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian as separate languages, even though they are mutually intelligible. Many Montenegrins refer to their language as 'Serbian', though there is also a movement to rename it 'Montenegrin'. The terms Serbo-Croat and Serbo-Croatian are no longer commonly used, though they are preserved in this dictionary when historically correct, such as the derivation of a word from Serbo-Croat before Bosnia separated from Yugoslavia.

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How to use Bosnian in a sentence

He was referring to the genocide of Muslims during the Bosnian War.
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I remember the days of the Bosnian war (1992—1995), when Saudi Arabia sent convoys of aid to those besieged in Sarajevo.
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Some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by the Bosnian Serb army.
Serbia and Croatia’s Competing Genocide Claims | Adam LeBor | March 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Unlike Germany post 1945, there has been no official admission of wrongdoing from the Bosnian Serbs since the war has ended.
The Bosnia Atrocities, the World’s Greatest Forensic Puzzle | J.P. O’Malley | December 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But the concluding chapter in the story of the Bosnian War has yet to be written.
The Bosnia Atrocities, the World’s Greatest Forensic Puzzle | J.P. O’Malley | December 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

The principal Bosnian railway here crosses the river, to meet the Hungarian system.
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Possibly that is what happened, for I noticed that each time the Bosnian and I met in the garden we were watched closely.
Eastern Nights - and Flights | Alan Bott
There they waited for three days at the place of rendezvous appointed by John Willie, the Bosnian aviator.
Eastern Nights - and Flights | Alan Bott
This suited Fulton and Stone, for it would bring them to the period named by the Bosnian aviator.
Eastern Nights - and Flights | Alan Bott
The Bosnian showed his eagerness by an evident determination to override all suggested difficulties.
Eastern Nights - and Flights | Alan Bott

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