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What is the distinction between 'most' and 'cuprija' when referring to a bridge in Serbian/Croatian?

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What is the distinction between 'most' and 'cuprija' when referring to a bridge in Serbian/Croatian?
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ćuprija is a Turkish origin word. now days it is used mostly in Bosnia or in some parts of Serbia and only for small bridges.
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Cuprija is an old fashioned Bosnian word of Turkish origin.. . Most comes from slavic roots
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...and it also means "little bridge". (the opposite of large). . (e.g. NOT a bridge over Danube, Amazon, Nile, Thames, etc.; just a small bridge over "local" waters)
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