Sarajevo
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sarajevo in British English:
UK [ˌsærəˈjeivəu]
How to pronounce Sarajevo in American English:
US [ˌsærəˈjevo, ˈsɑrəjɛˌvɔ]
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- Noun:
- capital and largest city of Bosnia; scene of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914 which precipitated World War I
Word Origin
- Sarajevo
- capital of Bosnia, founded 15c. and named in Turkish as Bosna-Saray, "Palace on the (River) Bosna," from saray (see caravanserai); the modern name is a Slavic adjectival form of saray.
Example
- 1. But the central government in sarajevo also has important tasks .
- 2. Those calls were to organise nato air strikes on the bosnian serb positions round sarajevo .
- 3. But bosnia remains ethnically divided and relations between sarajevo and belgrade are still fraught .
- 4. Will the arctic be a 21st century sarajevo , triggering a major war over energy resources ?
- 5. The serbs tightened their blockade around sarajevo , and their snipers began firing on innocent children again .