Herzegovina
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Serbo-Croatian Hercegovina.
Other words from Herzegovina
- Her·ze·go·vi·ni·an, adjective, noun
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How to use Herzegovina in a sentence
Gagnon has also served with the United Nations in senior posts in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Rwanda.
In 1995, then-President Bill Clinton honored Salbi for her work in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia-Herzegovina possessed a diet and was under the dual rule of Austria and Hungary.
The Russian Revolution; The Jugo-Slav Movement | Alexander Petrunkevitch, Samuel Northrup Harper, Frank Alfred Golder, Robert Joseph KernerIn August 1840 he was attacked by a small band of heroes, men of Montenegro and of Herzegovina.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 | Henry BaerleinAn extensive plain near the Narenta, in Herzegovina, on which is a village of the same name.
Servian Popular Poetry | John Bowring
Bosnia and Herzegovina, being Mohammedan countries, have harems and the restricted views of harem life.
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement | Kaethe SchirmacherThis land is composed of the three provinces of Bosnia, Herzegovina and Dalmatia.
British Dictionary definitions for Herzegovina
Hercegovina
/ (ˌhɜːtsəɡəʊˈviːnə) /
a region in Bosnia-Herzegovina: originally under Austro-Hungarian rule; became part of the province of Bosnia-Herzegovina (1878), which was a constituent republic of Yugoslavia (1946–92)
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