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Bosnia and Herzegovinian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Bosnia and Herzegovina + -ian.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
   • Since the objectives and policies of the new occupiers were directly opposed to the interests and aspirations of the Bosnia and Herzegovinian populations, the whole period of Austro-Hungarian administration, until the downfall of the Monarchy, was marked by continuous conflicts between the foreign administrators and the people. 1977, Facts about Socialist Republic Bosnia-Herzegovina, page 15:
   • […]being made in Bosnia and Herzegovinian order to carry out the SDS programme. 1997, Global War Crimes Tribunal Collection: The Rwanda Tribunal, page 154:
   • Serbs have occupied UN protected areas in eastern Croatia and along the western Bosnia and Herzegovinian border;[…] 1994, The World Factbook, page 99:

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ka ბოსნია და ჰერცეგოვინული (of, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina) · af Bosnies-Herzegowinies (of, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ka ბოსნიურ-ჰერცეგოვინული (of, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina) · ka ბოსნია-ჰერცეგოვინული (of, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bosnia and Herzegovinian en · NOUN

Etymology

From Bosnia and Herzegovina + -ian.

Meanings

1. A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
   • From a post-conflict statebuilding perspective the problem is that this hierarchy of priorities that places the return of a particular ethnic group to their homes above and beyond other critical issues facing all Bosnia and Herzegovinians, regardless of ethnicity, suggests a lowered commitment by the Church towards the state. 2015, Denis Dragovic, Religion and Post-Conflict Statebuilding: Roman Catholic and Sunni Islamic Perspectives (Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN:
   • I was greatly encouraged by this positive reaction: it is clear that the vast majority of Bosnia and Herzegovinians – particularly the young – do not want to live in mono-ethnic ghettos, but accept the Western European principle of multi-ethnic ‘live and let live,’ despite the terrible war. 2000, The World Today, page 24:
   • Bosnia and Herzegovinians generally take life a bit slower than the Western world. 2007, Tim Clancy, “Practical Information”, in Bosnia & Herzegovina: The Bradt Travel Guide, 2nd edition, Bradt Travel Guides Ltd; The Globe Pequot Press Inc, →ISBN, part one (General Information), page 91:

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