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Serbo-croatian

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

Definitions

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.
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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Serbo- + Croatian.

Etymology 2

From Serbo- + Croatian.

Etymology 3

From Serbo- + Croatian.

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