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Srebrenica en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/
• /ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/
• /-ˈnɪtsə/ (UK, also)

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica.

Meanings

1. An ethnic cleansing massacre, a localized genocide.
   • I think we all saw that very strong leader in The Times on Saturday, with the suggestion that the UN was walking, in the case of Jonglei, into another Srebrenica or another Rwanda. 2012 January 17, Canon Ian Woodward, in comments before the United Kingdom House of Commons, published in South Sudan: prospects for peace and development, fifteenth report of session 2010–12 →ISBN, page 15
   • And another Srebrenica, a Lidice, a Babi Yar . . . 2008, Ralph Peters, Never Quit the Fight, →ISBN, page 132:
   • The West had seen enough of Milosevic and they would not tolerate the possibility of another Srebrenica. 2011, Western Intervention in the Balkans: The Strategic Use of Emotion in Conflict, Roger D. Petersen, →ISBN, page 155:

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Srebrenica en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/
• /ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/
• /-ˈnɪtsə/ (UK, also)

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica.

Meanings

1. A town and municipality in the easternmost part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was the site of an ethnic cleansing massacre in July 1995.

Translations (21)

sk Srebrenica (Bosnian town) · bg Сре́бреница (Bosnian town) · sh Сре̏бреница (Bosnian town) · ru Сре́бреница (Bosnian town) · da Srebrenica (Bosnian town) · de Srebrenica (Bosnian town) · pl Srebrenica (Bosnian town) · tr Srebrenitsa (Bosnian town) · ka სრებრენიცა (Bosnian town) · be Срэ́браніца (Bosnian town) · sh Srȅbrenica (Bosnian town) · hy Սրեբրենիցա (Bosnian town) · ur سریبرینیتسا (Bosnian town) · sl Srebrenica (Bosnian town) · uk Сре́брениця (Bosnian town) · nl Srebrenica (Bosnian town) · mk Сребреница (Bosnian town) · cs Srebrenica (Bosnian town) · el Σρεμπρένιτσα (Bosnian town) · la Argentaria (Bosnian town) · fr Srebrenica (Bosnian town)