Herzegovinians

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Current situation of Herzegovina (bordered in orange) within Bosnia and Herzegovina

The term Herzegovinian , in Austria often also Herzegovzen (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian singular Hercegovac ; Cyrillic Херцеговац, plural Hercegovci , Херцеговци) is a regional collective name for the inhabitants of Herzegovina , regardless of which ethnic group they belong to.

pet name

The nickname for a Herzegovinian is Ero ( short form of [H] ercegovac ). It can easily be mocked . It can also describe characteristics such as willingness to fight , peasant cunning and a far-reaching humor of the words and selected situations up to social satire . Well-known examples of its use are the opera Ero der Schelm (1935), the military's battle name ( HOS ) Blaž Kraljević (1947–1992) and the reggae song "Hercegovina" by the band Zoster (2005, "Volim što sam Ero" [ ...]).

population

While the western part of Herzegovina is mainly inhabited by Croats , the Serbs are in the majority in the south-eastern part . A Bosniak majority exists in the municipalities of Konjic and Jablanica to the north of the Neretva .

Languages)

In Herzegovina is a Neuštokavisch -ijekavischer dialect of Serbo-Croatian spoken. Bosnian , Serbian and Croatian are used as standard languages.

See also

Portal: Bosnia and Herzegovina  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the subject of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Individual evidence

  1. Source: Map of Herzegovina on redah.ba. REDAH ( Regionalna razvojna agencija za Hercegovinu , Regional Development Agency for Herzegovina) is an organization promoting the economic development of the region. It was founded in 2003 by the mayors of 23 communities and local business representatives (cf. information on REDAH ).
  2. Gerhard Herm : The Balkans. The powder keg of Europe . Econ Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf / Vienna / New York / Moscow, 1993, p. 290, ISBN 978-3-430-14445-2
  3. Ero. In: Hrvatska enciklopedija. Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža , accessed on March 27, 2020 (Croatian).