Bosnia
n 1: the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina
2: a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part
of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted
for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of
Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic
cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims
[syn: {Bosnia and Herzegovina}, {Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina}, {Bosna i Hercegovina}, {Bosnia-Herzegovina},
{Bosnia}]