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

She chairs the missing persons association in the town of Ilijas, near Sarajevo.

From BBC

During the siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s, however, the hold was more permeable, and some assistance and trade reached the populations, helping to prevent famine.

From Salon

Among the interested parties was John Freeman, the writer, literary critic and executive editor at Knopf, who was teaching in Paris that summer and planning to fly to Sarajevo for a book festival.

From New York Times

Smiling expansively and nodding to the crowd, the archduke was riding in an open car through the streets of Sarajevo on the fateful Sunday morning of June 28, 1914.

From Literature

Victoria has since been on foreign postings to Helsinki and Sarajevo and says each new country presents unique challenges.

From BBC