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Sa·ra·je·vo       [sar-uh-yey-voh; Serbo-Croatian. sah-rah-ye-vaw] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a city in and the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the central part: assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand here June 28, 1914, was the final event that precipitated World War I. 448,519.
Also, Serajevo.
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Sa·ra·je·vo       (sār'ə-yā'vō, sär'ə-yě-vō')  Pronunciation Key 
The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the south-central part of the country southwest of Belgrade, Serbia. Built on the site of an ancient settlement, it fell to the Turks in 1429 and passed to Austria-Hungary in 1878. The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife here on June 28, 1914, triggered the outbreak of World War I. After the war Sarajevo was incorporated into Yugoslavia. It became the capital of independent Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. Population: 696,000.

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sarajevo

noun
capital and largest city of Bosnia; scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I 

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Sarajevo [(sar-uh-yay-voh, sahr-uh-yay-voh)]

The city in Bosnia and Herzegovina where the assassination that brought on World War I took place. Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of the Austrian Empire, had come to Sarajevo on a state visit; Sarajevo was then in one of the South Slavic provinces of the Austrian Empire. A young student who favored South Slavic independence shot and killed the archduke. Austria held the assassin's home country, Serbia, responsible for the incident and declared war; complex European alliances then brought other countries into the fight.

Note: In 1992 the city came under prolonged and bloody siege by Bosnian Serbs seeking to drive Bosnian Muslims from their homes. In 1995 leaders of the rival Balkan states of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia met in the United States and settled on a peace accord to end the fighting.

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Sarajevo [(sar-uh-yay-voh, sahr-uh-yay-voh)]

Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Note: The Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated there in 1914, which was the immediate cause of World War I. (See under ®ÄúWorld History since 1550.®Äù)
Note: Home of the 1982 winter Olympic Games.
Note: Attacked and severely damaged in 1992 by Serbian militia. In 1995, leaders of the rival Balkan states of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia met in the United States and settled on a peace accord to end the fighting.

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