Krajina

[ krah-yi-nuh ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times

In 2007 Mr Buzaković was charged in absentia by Croatian prosecutors of being part of a paramilitary group loyal to the Republic of Serbian Krajina - a self-proclaimed statelet which Serb rebels had staked out in territory amounting to about a quarter of Croatia.

From BBC

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

From Washington Times

The Krajina region, which lies partly along a highly porous segment of Bosnia’s border with Croatia, has struggled for years to accommodate transient migrants and refugees, at times leaving thousands of people to sleep outside without access to food, heat or medical care.

From Washington Times

Most are stuck in Bosnia’s northwestern Krajina region, as other areas in the ethnically divided nation have refused to accept them.

From Washington Post