srebrenica
/-ˈnɪtsə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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.
noun
Example Sentences
- "And another Srebrenica, a Lidice, a Babi Yar . . ."
- "The West had seen enough of Milosevic and they would not tolerate the possibility of another Srebrenica."
- "I think we all saw that very strong leader in The Times on Saturday, with the suggestion that the UN was walking, in the case of Jonglei, into another Srebrenica or another Rwanda."
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian Srȅbrenica.
Word Breakdown
- Root: Srȅbrenica
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /-ˈnɪtsə/