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Bosnian

See also: bosnian

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Etymology

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From Bosnia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɒzni.ən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːzni.ən/, /ˈbɔːzni.ən/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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Bosnian (comparative more Bosnian, superlative most Bosnian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.
    • 2015, Various Authors, “Responses to David N. Gibbs Article by John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha V Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, K ajan, Kees van der Pijl, an der Pijl, and John Feffer”, in Class, Race and Corporate Power‎[1], volume 3, number 2, page 25:
      In his provocative essay, David Gibbs makes the following statement about diplomacy and the war in Bosnia. “There is also abundant evidence that diplomacy might have prevented the Bosnian war and thus prevented the Srebrenica massacre, but this option was blocked by prointerventionist forces in the United States, which demanded a military option instead.”
  2. (historical) Of or pertaining to Bosnia
  3. (nonstandard) Pertaining to Bosniaks

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Noun

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Bosnian (countable and uncountable, plural Bosnians)

  1. (countable) A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina or of Bosnian descent.
    • 2015, Various Authors, “Responses to David N. Gibbs Article by John Theis, Scott Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha V Laderman, Jean Bricmont, Latha Varadarajan, K ajan, Kees van der Pijl, an der Pijl, and John Feffer”, in Class, Race and Corporate Power‎[2], volume 3, number 2, page 25:
      Ten days later, however, the deal was dead, largely because the United States opposed it and persuaded the Bosnians to do the same, or so Gibbs argues.
  2. (uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  3. (historical) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Bosnia.
  4. (nonstandard) A Bosniak.

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Anagrams

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Noun

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Bosnian

  1. inessive singular of Bosnia
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