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Where did Drvar get its name?

 
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Titov Drvar Derived from the Serbo-Croat drva 'firewood' a reference to the locals chopping trees to make logs for use in the bitter winters. After the Second World War each of the Yugoslav republics named a town in honour of Josip Broz Tito. Thus Drvar gained the additional Titov 'Tito's'. It was dropped after Bosnia and Herzegovina became independent in 1992.

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