name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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