Why is Bosnia called Bosnia & Herzegovina?

Quora User. Updated Apr 16, 2018 · Author has 989 answers and 1.1m answer views. Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a union of Bosnia with Herzegovina. It is called like that since the Ottomans for historical reasons and the Herzegovinians love that priviledge for ever. read more

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina covers 51% of Bosnia and Herzegovina's total area, while Republika Srpska covers 49%. The entities, based largely on the territories held by the two warring sides at the time, were formally established by the Dayton peace agreement in 1995 because of the tremendous changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina's ethnic structure. read more

So, the province was consisted of two former entities: Bosnia (kingdom) and Herzegovina (dukedom). Today’s country borders of Bosnia Herzegovina are the same as that of the Ottoman Province of Bosnia Herzegovina, and so is the name. However the country is, shortly and simply, still called “Bosnia”, as before. read more

I mean, while there is no doubt that the modern name comes from the Austro-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia (much like modern day Croatia was called Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia under the Austrians), Herzegovina was a distinct entity first during the medieval Bosnian Kingdom (Stjepan Vuckic Kosaca) and later during the early years of Ottoman administration (Herzegovina eyalet), which was the basis for this split. read more