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Bosnia-Hercegovina

English

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Proper noun

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Bosnia-Hercegovina

  2. Alternative form of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Bosnia-Hercegovina

  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe)
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Norwegian Bokmål

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The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina flying in Sarajevo.
Bosnia and Herzegovina in Europe.

Etymology

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From Bosnia (“Bosnia”) +‎ Hercegovina (“Herzegovina”), with the hyphen joining two coordinate elements and functioning like og (“and”), literally “Bosnia and Herzegovina”.

The first element, Bosnia, is an international form ultimately based on Serbo-Croatian Bȍsna, the name of the river after which the historical region was named. The deeper origin of the river name is uncertain. The pronunciation with [ɔ] instead of expected [ʊ] is rather learned.

The second element, Hercegovina, derives from Serbo-Croatian Hèrcegovina, from hèrceg (“duke”) +‎ -ov (“possessive suffix”) +‎ -ina (“suffix used in place names”), literally “duke's land”. The region was named for the territory of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, who adopted the title hèrceg in 1448. The title derives from Hungarian herceg (“duke”), ultimately from Middle High German herzog (“duke”).

Compare Danish Bosnien-Hercegovina, Faroese Bosnia-Hersegovina, Icelandic Bosnía og Hersegóvína, Swedish Bosnien och Hercegovina, German Bosnien und Herzegowina and Serbo-Croatian Bȍsna i Hèrcegovina.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /¹bɔs.ni.a-¹her.tse.ɡʊ.ʋi.na/, [ˈbɔ̀s.nɪ.ǎ-ˈhɛ̀ʈ.sɛ.ɡʊ.ʋɪ.nǎ]
  • Rhymes: -ertseɡʊʋina
  • Hyphenation: Bos‧ni‧a-Her‧ce‧go‧vi‧na

Proper noun

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Bosnia-Hercegovina

  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina; a country in Southeast Europe, Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula, with Sarajevo as its capital
    De kjørte gjennom Bosnia-Hercegovina på vei til Kroatia. ― They drove through Bosnia and Herzegovina on their way to Croatia.
    • 2026 May 5, Utenriksdepartementet, “Bosnia-Hercegovina – reiseinformasjon”, in regjeringen.no‎[1]:
      Bosnia-Hercegovina er generelt et trygt reisemål.
      Bosnia and Herzegovina is generally a safe travel destination.

Usage notes

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  • Bosnia-Hercegovina is both the short name and the official Norwegian name.
  • The hyphen joins the coordinate elements Bosnia and Hercegovina and has the same function as “and”. Bosnia og Hercegovina is not the official Norwegian spelling.
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  • bosnier (“Bosnian person”)
  • bosnisk (“Bosnian; Bosnian language”)

See also

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Proper noun

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Bosnia-Hercegovina

  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe)
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