Yugoslavia

//ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vɪ.ə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. historical

    "This all relates to what happened in the 1990s, in the bloody aftermath of Yugoslavia splintering into separate nations."

  2. 2
    A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.; The Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a kingdom ruled by the House of Karađorđević which existed from 1918 to 1941. historical, specific
  3. 3
    A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.; The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a communist state which existed from 1945 to 1992. historical, specific
  4. 4
    A former country in Southeast Europe, a rump state formed by Serbia and Montenegro after 1992; in full, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. historical

    "Yugoslavia’s President, Slobodan Milosevic, has rejected all efforts at meaningful diplomacy and, in violation of his own previous commitments, has ratcheted up his military campaign against the innocent civilians of Kosovo."

  5. 5
    A former country in Southeast Europe, a rump state formed by Serbia and Montenegro after 1992; in full, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.; Serbia and Montenegro, after 2003 until 2006, when it disintegrated. broadly, historical, nonstandard

Synonyms

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federal republic of yugoslaviajugoslavijarepublic of serbiaserbiaserbia and montenegrosouth slavia

Example

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"Yugoslavia says it's not responsible for the actions of Serbian militias in Bosnia which have killed thousands, ruined cities, and turned 1.3 million people into refugees over the last three months."

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, in turn from jug (“south”) and slavija (“Slavia, the land of the Slavs”). Literally, the land of the South Slavs. By surface analysis, Yugoslav + -ia.

Related phrases

Yugo-nostalgiabalkan peninsulabosnia and herzegovina

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