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Descriptor English:
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Bosnia y Herzegovina
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Bósnia e Herzegóvina
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Synonyms English:
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Bosnia
Bosnia and Hercegovina
Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Tree Number:
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Z01.542.248.160
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Definition English:
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A country of eastern Europe, formerly the province of Bosnia in Yugoslavia, uniting with the province of Herzegovina to form the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1946. It was created 7 April 1992 as a result of the division of Yugoslavia and recognized by the United States as an independent state. Bosnia takes is name from the river Bosna, in turn from the Indoeuropean root bhog, "current"; Herzegovina is from the Serbian herceg (duke) + -ov (the possessive) + -ina (country or territory). |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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formerly provinces of Yugoslavia; use this spelling in translations: z, not c
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History Note English:
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93
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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30807
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Unique Identifier:
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D017522
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