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Geographic Locations > Europe > Europe, Eastern > Bosnia and Herzegovina

Preferred term

Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bosnia
  • Bosnia and Hercegovina
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina

Note

  • formerly provinces of Yugoslavia; use this spelling in translations: z, not c

Scope note

  • A country of eastern Europe, formerly the province of Bosnia in Yugoslavia, uniting with the province of Herzegovina to form the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1946. It was created 7 April 1992 as a result of the division of Yugoslavia and recognized by the United States as an independent state. Bosnia takes is name from the river Bosna, in turn from the Indoeuropean root bhog, "current"; Herzegovina is from the Serbian herceg (duke) + -ov (the possessive) + -ina (country or territory).

History note

  • 93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017522

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