Sarajevo

[ sar-uh-yey-voh; Serbo-Croatian. sah-rah-ye-vaw ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the central part: assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand here June 28, 1914, was the final event that precipitated World War I.

Sarajevo

/ ˈsarajɛvɔ /

noun

1. the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina: developed as a Turkish town in the 15th century; capital of the Turkish and Austro-Hungarian administrations in 1850 and 1878 respectively; scene of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, precipitating World War I; besieged by Bosnian Serbs (1992–95). Pop: 603 000 (2005 est)

Sarajevo

¹

1. The city in Bosnia and Herzegovina where the assassination that brought on World War I took place. Archduke Francis Ferdinand , the heir to the throne of the Austrian Empire, had come to Sarajevo on a state visit; Sarajevo was then in one of the South Slavic provinces of the Austrian Empire. A young student who favored South Slavic independence shot and killed the archduke. Austria held the assassin's home country, Serbia, responsible for the incident and declared war; complex European alliances then brought other countries into the fight.

Sarajevo

²

1. Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina .

Notes

In 1992 the city came under prolonged and bloody siege by Bosnian Serbs seeking to drive Bosnian Muslims from their homes. In 1995 leaders of the rival Balkan states of Bosnia, Croatia , and Serbia met in the United States and settled on a peace accord to end the fighting.

Example Sentences

I have lived this scene repeatedly as a child in Sarajevo some three decades ago, and now, children in Ukraine—and many millions around the world—are forced to endure a similar fate.

From Time

While the years were slowly turning in the literary world about whether I could sell that book, I went off to Sarajevo to learn how to be a war reporter.

From Outside Online

In later years, her philanthropic work has led her on humanitarian missions in Sarajevo, Rwanda and Myanmar.

From Washington Post

They both graduated in 1959, returned to Sarajevo to practice medicine and continued to advocate greater freedom in communist Yugoslavia.

From Washington Post

I remember the days of the Bosnian war (1992—1995), when Saudi Arabia sent convoys of aid to those besieged in Sarajevo.

From The Daily Beast

A century ago today, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary embarked on his fatal journey to Sarajevo.

From The Daily Beast

That other is the honorary citizenship conferred on me by the city of Sarajevo.

From The Daily Beast

I came to Sarajevo for the first time in 1992 with my friend Gilles Hertzog.

From The Daily Beast

The Cellist of Sarajevo By Steven Galloway This 2008 novel is a beautiful book.

From The Daily Beast

Had she arrived too late or had her visit to Sarajevo been prevented?

From Project Gutenberg

But even at night he could not go into Sarajevo without clothing.

From Project Gutenberg

And then, regarding his companion with a new interest, "When did you come from Sarajevo?"

From Project Gutenberg

She breathed a silent prayer—unless he had not yet reached Sarajevo!

From Project Gutenberg

Renwick had been in Sarajevo and Belgrade, for he had told her so.

From Project Gutenberg