Edited sentence: Bosnian-Herzegovinian Serbs, Croats or Bosniaks.For this reasons many ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in particular Bosnian Croats from Herzegovina and Central Bosnia prefer to state their ethnic identity, Croats, over Bosnian one.Hence in common discussion Herzegovinians often declare themselves also as Bosnians although it may not be their most desired choice.However in international use since the word Bosnia is commonly used as an abbreviation to a correct name of the country Bosnia and Herzegovina, similar name convention is applied on both Bosnians and Herzegovinians.In Bosnia (and Herzegovina), the politically correct way of referring to the country and the politically correct adjective(s) consists of both parts of the name, i.In terms of regional belonging and the use of the regional names, a Bosnian is not a Herzegovinian.The abbreviation of the names is used because Herzegovina has historically been considered a region of Bosnia and due to the tongue-twisting nature of the appellation "Bosnian-Herzegovinian" in English.This was also contributed by the fact that today's connotations of the word "Bosnian" and its meaning, is somewhat different from what it previously had meant prior to the Bosnian Muslim name change and due to the aggressive efforts of some Bosniaks to monopolize the word Bosnian to imply Bosniak