Sarajevan

adj, noun

adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone from Sarajevo.

    "Sarajevans – old, young, men, women, Muslim, Croat, Serb – dart across the road in zigzags in an attempt to dodge the bullets."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from, or pertaining to, Sarajevo. not-comparable

    "In a show of Sarajevan defiance or perhaps simply out of habit, old men in flat caps are playing giant chess in the tree-lined square outside the Orthodox cathedral, quite as if they’re not in danger, just as they do every afternoon."

Example

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"In a show of Sarajevan defiance or perhaps simply out of habit, old men in flat caps are playing giant chess in the tree-lined square outside the Orthodox cathedral, quite as if they’re not in danger, just as they do every afternoon."

Etymology

From Sarajevo + -an.

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