BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA

n. independent republic on the Balkan Peninsula (formerly a part of Yugoslavia)

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkan peninsula of Southern Europe with an area of 51,280 square kilometres (19,741 sq mi). Around 4.3 million people lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1991, prior to its 1992–1995 war. As of 2007 its population is estimated at well over 4 million people.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. 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
(synonym) Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosna i Hercegovina, Bosnia
(hypernym) European country, European nation
(hyponym) Sarajevo