sarajevo
/ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.
name
The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.
name
A canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Example Sentences
- "I had planned a stop in Sarajevo to meet with a multiethnic delegation to hear their ideas about what the United States government and private organizations could do to help heal a society ripped apart by war. The security situation forced me to cancel my trip to Sarajevo, but the people I was to meet were so disappointed that they insisted on braving the journey along fifty miles of treacherous roads to meet me in Tuzla."
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).), and ova "plain, lowland".
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Sarajevo, سرای, Saray-ovası