Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

republika srpska

/ɹɪˈpʊblɪkə ˈsɜː(ɹ)pskə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: re-pub-lika s-rp-s-ka
IPA: /ɹɪˈpʊblɪkə ˈsɜː(ɹ)pskə/

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A polity within Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Example Sentences

"In 1995, corralled into an airbase in Dayton, Ohio, their leaders agreed to a complex set of formulae that ended the conflict but left Bosnia with an awkward political legacy, formally splitting it into the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska (RS) and a federation of Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) and Croats."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Republika Srpska.

Inflected Forms

Republic of Srpska (alternative) Serb Republic (alternative) Srpska (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce republika srpska?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈpʊblɪkə ˈsɜː(ɹ)pskə/.
What does republika srpska mean?: A polity within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Where does republika srpska come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Republika Srpska.

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