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MeSH Heading: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tree Number(s): Z01.542.248.160
Unique ID: D017522
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017522
Annotation: formerly provinces of Yugoslavia; use this spelling in translations: z, not c
Scope Note: A country of eastern Europe, formerly the province of Bosnia in Yugoslavia, uniting with the province of Herzegovina to form the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1946. It was created 7 April 1992 as a result of the division of Yugoslavia and recognized by the United States as an independent state. Bosnia takes is name from the river Bosna, in turn from the Indoeuropean root bhog, current; Herzegovina is from the Serbian herceg (duke) + -ov (the possessive) + -ina (country or territory).
Entry Term(s): Bosnia; Bosnia and Hercegovina; Bosnia-Herzegovina
Previous Indexing: Yugoslavia (1966-1992)
Online Note: use YUGOSLAVIA to search BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 1966-92
History Note: 93
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/20
Revision Date: 2016/07/08

Concept UI: M0026584
Scope Note: A country of eastern Europe, formerly the province of Bosnia in Yugoslavia, uniting with the province of Herzegovina to form the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1946. It was created 7 April 1992 as a result of the division of Yugoslavia and recognized by the United States as an independent state. Bosnia takes is name from the river Bosna, in turn from the Indoeuropean root bhog, current; Herzegovina is from the Serbian herceg (duke) + -ov (the possessive) + -ina (country or territory).
Terms: Bosnia and Herzegovina Preferred Term
Term UI T052581
Date11/10/1994
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID POPLINE (1993); Bosnia-Herzegovina
Term UI T052582
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Bosnia
Term UI T052583
Date04/30/1992
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Bosnia and Hercegovina
Term UI T052584
Date05/13/1992
LexicalTag NAM
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