Herzegovina

Herzegovina
Herzegovinian, adj., n.
/her'tseuh goh vee"neuh/, n.
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878-1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbo-Croatian, Hercegovina.

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