[her-tsuh-goh-vee-nuh] 
| a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Her·ce·go·vi·na (hěrt'sə-gō'vē-nə, -gō-vē'-, hûrt'-) See Herzegovina. |
| Her·ze·go·vi·na or Her·ce·go·vi·na (hěrt'sə-gō'vē-nə, -gō-vē'-, hûrt'-) A region comprising the southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Largely independent after the 10th century, it was conquered by Bosnia in the 14th century and (with Bosnia) by Turkey in the 15th century. Bosnia and Herzegovina formed a constituent republic of Yugoslavia from 1946 to 1991. Her'ze·go·vi'ni·an adj. & n. |
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