Bushnak

Bushnaks
The mosque in Caesarea, Israel
Regions with significant populations
Syria, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Bosniaks in Turkey
Bosniaks in Syria

Bushnak (Arabic: بشناق, meaning "Bosnian", also transliterated Bushnaq, Boshnak, Bouchenak and Bouchnak) is a surname among Levantines and Saudis (Arabic-speakers) of Bosnian Muslim origin. Those sharing this surname are the descendants of Bosnian Muslims, apprehensive of living under Christian rule after the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, immigrated to Ottoman Syria.

While not originally from one family, most Bosnian Muslims who immigrated to the Levant adopted Bushnak as a common surname, attesting to their origins.

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