Krajina

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Krajina (in various versions) is a Slavic toponym which might mean:

[edit] Geographical regions

• Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bosanska Krajina, same, but around Banja Luka and encompassing a larger area
  • Cazinska Krajina, borderland of Bosnia towards Croatia around the city of Cazin. Some call it Turska Krajina (Turkish Krajina) since the majority of the population in this area are Muslims. In older maps, both areas were called Croazia Turca, Turkish Croatia.

• Croatia
  • Cetinska krajina, area along the valley of river Cetina in the southern Croatia, in Zagora, to the east from Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina), mostly containing Sinjsko polje
  • Drniška krajina, area around the city of Drniš in southern Croatia, in Zagora, to west from Cetinska krajina
  • Imotska krajina, area around the city of Imotski, in southern Croatia, in Zagora mostly containing Imotsko polje, to east from Cetinska and Omiška krajina, to west from Vrgoračka krajina
  • Kninska Krajina, region around Knin in southern Croatia, to north from Drniška krajina and northeast from Cetinska krajina
  • Omiška krajina, region in hinterland of city of Omiš, in Croatian south, in Zagora; to east from Cetinska krajina, to west from Cetinska krajina
  • Sinjska krajina, , area in Zagora, in southern Croatia, around the city of Sinj, west from Livanjski kraj, southeast from Vrlička krajina (sometimes considered as part of Cetinska krajina)
  • Vrgoračka krajina, area in Zagora, in southern Croatia, around the city of Vrgorac, southwest from Herzegovina and west from Neretva valley, to east from Imotska krajina
  • Vrlička krajina, , area in Zagora, in southern Croatia, around the city of Vrlika, west from Livanjski kraj, northwest from Cetinska krajina (sometimes considered as part of Cetinska krajina)

• Montenegro
  • Crnogorska Krajina, region in Montenegro that is around Bar and Ulcinj that borders Skadar Lake.

• Poland
  • Krajna (on the border of Greater Poland and Pomerania provinces)

• Serbia
  • Timočka Krajina, borderland of Serbia towards Bulgaria around Timok River
    • Negotinska Krajina, a part of Timočka Krajina around the city of Negotin

• Slovenia
  • Bela krajina, borderland of Slovenia towards Croatia

[edit] Political regions

• Austria-Hungary
  • Military Krajina (Military Frontier, Militärgrenze), borderland of Austria against the Ottoman Empire. It was divided into:
    • Banat Krajina (on the Serbian-Romanian border)
    • Croatian Krajina (on the border of western Croatia and Bosnia)

Rebelled political units formed during the war in Croatia in the 1990s:

• • Slavonian Krajina (on the border of Serbia and eastern Croatia towards Bosnia)
  • Republic of Serbian Krajina
  • SAO Krajina
  • SAO Kninska Krajina, Kninska Krajina since the Yugoslav wars is used by some to signify two regions Knin and its surroundings, and to a larger extend Krajina proper (referring to main portion of Republic of Serb Krajina).
  • SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem, sometimes called Podunavska Krajina

Rebelled political units in formed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s:

• SAO Bosanska Krajina

[edit] Country, state or province

(versions: Pokrajina, Kraina, Kraj. Krai) i.e.

• krajina (країна), country in Ukrainian. Ukrajina is Ukrainian ethnonym for Ukraine. See also Name of Ukraine.
• Krais of Russia
• kraj in Slovakia
• kraj in Czech Republic