Herzegovina

[ her-tsuh-goh-vee-nuh ]

noun

1. a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Herzegovina

/ ˌhɜːtsəɡəʊˈviːnə /

noun

1. 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)

Other Words From

• Herze·go·vini·an adjective noun

Example Sentences

Gagnon has also served with the United Nations in senior posts in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Rwanda.

From The Daily Beast

In 1995, then-President Bill Clinton honored Salbi for her work in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The Daily Beast

Bosnia-Herzegovina possessed a diet and was under the dual rule of Austria and Hungary.

From Project Gutenberg

In August 1840 he was attacked by a small band of heroes, men of Montenegro and of Herzegovina.

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An extensive plain near the Narenta, in Herzegovina, on which is a village of the same name.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina, being Mohammedan countries, have harems and the restricted views of harem life.

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This land is composed of the three provinces of Bosnia, Herzegovina and Dalmatia.

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