Serbo-croatian

//ˌsɜː(ɹ)bəʊkɹəʊˈeɪʃən// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, or Montenegrin ethnicity or descent.

    "These conditions exist to some extent among other foreigners, but are not as prevalent among other nationalities in Johnstown as among the Serbo-Croatians."

  2. 2
    the Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    In or pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The South Slavic language of which Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian are literary standards.
  2. 2
    The standard Shtokavian variety of that language first codified in the Vienna Literary Agreement and later used officially in Yugoslavia.

Synonyms

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bcmsbcsbcsmcroato-serbiancroato-serbianenglish

Example

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"The Latin alphabet is used to write Esperanto, English, French and many other European languages. The Cyrillic alphabet is used to write in Russian and Bulgarian, among others. However, one can write Serbo-Croatian in either Cyrillic or Latin characters."

Etymology

From Serbo- + Croatian.

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