Srebrenica

//ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An ethnic cleansing massacre, a localized genocide.

    "And another Srebrenica, a Lidice, a Babi Yar . . ."

Proper Noun
  1. 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.

Example

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"A merciless slaughter was committed in Srebrenica in 1995."

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica.

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ethnic cleansing

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