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Krajina

American  
[krah-yi-nuh] / ˈkrɑ jɪ nə /

noun

  1. a largely Serbian region in S Croatia, bordering on W Bosnia and Herzegovina.


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Croatian forces achieved their military goals in just three days, ousting the rebel Serbs’ unrecognized statelet, the Republic of Serbian Krajina.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2023

The ethnic Chechens gathered near the Maljevac border crossing, in northwest Bosnia’s Krajina region include families with children.

From Washington Times Dec. 28, 2022

On Wednesday, local authorities in the north-western Krajina region sent police to evict several hundred people from the Bira camp in the town of Bihác.

From The Guardian Sep. 30, 2020

Croatia contended genocide was committed in Vukovar and other towns in the Krajina region, starting in 1991 when Croatia seceded from Yugoslavia but Serbian separatists occupied almost one-third of Croatia.

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2015

A subtle shift occurred when the Serbs began to re-populate Kosovo with Serbs displaced from the Krajina region.

From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Vaknin, Samuel

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