Bos·nia /ˈbɑzniə, ˈbɔz-/
Bosnia
n : 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]