English Explanatory Dictionary

Srebrenica

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and municipality in the easternmost part of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was the site of an ethnic cleansing massacre in July 1995.
noun
  1. An ethnic cleansing massacre, a localized genocide.

Pronunciation

/ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/ /ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/ /-ˈnɪtsə/

Word forms

Srebrenica Srebrenicas

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica.

Related words

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