The original settlers of geograhical regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina are SERBS. They were, till recently, the LARGEST ethnic group there.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, Edition 1971
Reference: EB, Edition 1971, Volume 3, page 983, Entry: Bosnia, history
SERBIAN SETLEMENT IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA BEGAN IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY A.D.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, Edition 1990
Reference: EB, Edition 1990, Volume 29, Macropedia, page 1098, Entry:
Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herz.
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THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS (reigned 913-957) REFFERED TO BOSNIA
AS PART OF *THE LAND OF THE SERBS*.
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Collier's Encyclopedia, Edition 1956
Reference: Collier's Encyclopedia P.F. Collers & Sons Corporation Volume 19,
Edition 1956, YUGOSLAVIA, ... Ethnology and Population, page 661
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BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA... THE LARGEST SINGLE NATIONAL ELEMENT IS THE ORTHODOX SERBS,