Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web

bosnian

 - 2 dictionary results

Bos⋅ni⋅a

[boz-nee-uh]
–noun
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bos⋅ni⋅an, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To bosnian
Bos·ni·a   (bŏz'nē-ə)   
  1. A region that constitutes the northern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was settled by Slavs in the 7th century and became an independent state in the 12th century. Bosnia was controlled after 1463 by Turkey and after 1878 by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which formally annexed Bosnia in 1908. After World War II Bosnia and Herzegovina formed a constituent republic of Yugoslavia.

  2. See Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bos'ni·an adj. & n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see bosnian on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: