banovina

noun

ba·​no·​vi·​na

ˈbänəˌvēnə

plural banovine

-ˌnā

: a former administrative subdivision of Yugoslavia

Word History

Etymology

Serbo-Croatian bānovina, from bān lord, ruler

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