"Srebrenica" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/, /ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/, /-ˈnɪtsə/
Rhymes: -iːtsə Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sh|Srȅbrenica}} Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Srebrenica
  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. Categories (place): Municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina Translations (Bosnian town): Սրեբրենիցա (Srebrenicʻa) (Armenian), Срэ́браніца (Srébranica) [feminine] (Belarusian), Сре́бреница (Srébrenica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Srebrenica [feminine] (Czech), Srebrenica (Danish), Srebrenica (Dutch), Srebrenica (French), სრებრენიცა (srebrenica) (Georgian), Srebrenica (German), Σρεμπρένιτσα (Sremprénitsa) (Greek), Argentaria [feminine] (Latin), Сребреница (Srebrenica) [feminine] (Macedonian), Srebrenica (Polish), Сре́бреница (Srébrenica) [feminine] (Russian), Сре̏бреница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Srȅbrenica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Srebrenica [feminine] (Slovak), Srebrenica [feminine] (Slovene), Srebrenitsa (Turkish), Сре́брениця (Srébrenycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Srebrenica-en-name-5BbExQGU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32

Noun

IPA: /ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/, /ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/, /-ˈnɪtsə/ Forms: Srebrenicas [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtsə Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sh|Srȅbrenica}} Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica Head templates: {{en-noun}} Srebrenica (plural Srebrenicas)
  1. An ethnic cleansing massacre, a localized genocide. Related terms: Vietnam, Chernobyl
    Sense id: en-Srebrenica-en-noun-o3eN4PTU

Inflected forms

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