Sarajevo

//ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ// name

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  1. 1
    The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.

    "I had planned a stop in Sarajevo to meet with a multiethnic delegation to hear their ideas about what the United States government and private organizations could do to help heal a society ripped apart by war. The security situation forced me to cancel my trip to Sarajevo, but the people I was to meet were so disappointed that they insisted on braving the journey along fifty miles of treacherous roads to meet me in Tuzla."

  2. 2
    A canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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"Today was the worst day in Sarajevo."

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).), and ova "plain, lowland".

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bosnia and herzegovina

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