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Srebrenica

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌsɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/
  • /ˌʃɹɛbɹəˈniːtsə/
  • UK, also: /-ˈnɪtsə/
  • rhymes with -iːtsə
  • CMU ARPABET: S R EY2 B R EH0 N IY1 T S AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: SH R EY2 B R AH0 N IY1 T S AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An ethnic cleansing massacre, a localized genocide.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: Սրեբրենիցա (Srebrenicʻa) — Bosnian town
  • Belarusian: Срэ́браніца (Srébranica) — Bosnian town
  • Bulgarian: Сре́бреница (Srébrenica) — Bosnian town
  • Czech: Srebrenica — Bosnian town
  • Danish: Srebrenica — Bosnian town
  • Dutch: Srebrenica — Bosnian town
  • French: Srebrenica — Bosnian town
  • Georgian: სრებრენიცა (srebrenica) — Bosnian town
  • German: Srebrenica — Bosnian town
  • Greek: Σρεμπρένιτσα (Sremprénitsa) — Bosnian town
  • Latin: Argentaria — Bosnian town
  • Macedonian: Сребреница (Srebrenica) — Bosnian town
  • Polish: Srebrenica — Bosnian town
  • Russian: Сре́бреница (Srébrenica) — Bosnian town
  • Serbo-Croatian: Сре̏бреница — Bosnian town
  • Serbo-Croatian: Srȅbrenica — Bosnian town
  • Slovak: Srebrenica — Bosnian town
  • Slovene: Srebrenica — Bosnian town
  • Turkish: Srebrenitsa — Bosnian town
  • Ukrainian: Сре́брениця (Srébrenycja) — Bosnian town
  • Urdu: سریبرینیتسا (srībrenītsā) — Bosnian town
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