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.
Source: tatoeba (30167)
Yugoslavia
/ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vɪ.ə/
Synonyms for "yugoslavia" (8 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
cultural unityfederal state
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
kingdompan yugoslavism
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: cultural unity, federal state, kingdom, pan yugoslavism, sfry.
- Sentence evidence is available for yugoslavia, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "yugoslavia".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "yugoslavia"
Keep "yugoslavia" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "yugoslavia" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "yugoslavia", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "yugoslavia" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
5 entriesMore specific
10 entriesBosnia and HerzegovinaCroatiaMacedoniaMontenegroSerbiaSloveniaYugoslav nationalismbrotherhood and unitycultural integrationfederalism
Collocations
6 entriesYugoslav WarsYugoslav cultureYugoslav identityYugoslav republicsformer Yugoslaviapostwar Yugoslavia
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 81 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Joego-Slawië name (former country in the Balkans)
Albanian
2 entries- Jugosllavi (indedinite) name (former country in the Balkans)
- Jugosllavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Arabic
4 entries- يوقوسلاڤيا name (former country in the Balkans)
- يُوجُسْلَافِيَا name (former country in the Balkans)
- يُوجُوسْلَافِيَا name (former country in the Balkans)
- يُوغُسْلَافِيَا name (former country in the Balkans)
Armenian
1 entries- Հարավսլավիա name (former country in the Balkans)
Aromanian
2 entries- Iuguslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
- Iuguslavii name (former country in the Balkans)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Yuqoslaviya name (former country in the Balkans)
Basque
1 entries- Jugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Belarusian
1 entries- Югасла́вія name (former country in the Balkans)
Bengali
1 entries- যুগোশ্লাভিয়া name (former country in the Balkans)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Югосла́вия name (former country in the Balkans)
Burmese
1 entries- ယူဂိုဆလားဗီးယား name (former country in the Balkans)
Catalan
1 entries- Iugoslàvia name (former country in the Balkans)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 南斯拉夫 name (former country in the Balkans)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 南斯拉夫 name (former country in the Balkans)
- 南聯盟 /南联盟 name (former country in the Balkans)
Czech
1 entries- Jugoslávie name (former country in the Balkans)
Danish
1 entries- Jugoslavien name (former country in the Balkans)
Dutch
2 entries- Joegoslavië name (former country in the Balkans)
- Zuid-Slavië name (former country in the Balkans)
Esperanto
2 entries- Jugoslavio name (former country in the Balkans)
- Jugoslavujo name (former country in the Balkans)
Estonian
1 entries- Jugoslaavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Faroese
1 entries- Jugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Finnish
1 entries- Jugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
French
1 entries- Yougoslavie name (former country in the Balkans)
Georgian
1 entries- იუგოსლავია name (former country in the Balkans)
German
1 entries- Jugoslawien name (former country in the Balkans)
Greek
1 entries- Γιουγκοσλαβία name (former country in the Balkans)
Hawaiian
1 entries- Iugosolawia name (former country in the Balkans)
Hebrew
1 entries- יוּגוֹסְלַבְיָה name (former country in the Balkans)
Hindi
1 entries- यूगोस्लाविया name (former country in the Balkans)
Hungarian
1 entries- Jugoszlávia name (former country in the Balkans)
Icelandic
1 entries- Júgóslavía name (former country in the Balkans)
Indonesian
1 entries- Yugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Irish
1 entries- an Iúgslaiv name (former country in the Balkans)
Italian
2 entries- Iugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
- Jugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Japanese
2 entries- ユーゴスラビア name (former country in the Balkans)
- ユーゴスラヴィア name (former country in the Balkans)
Kazakh
1 entries- Югославия name (former country in the Balkans)
Khmer
1 entries- យូហ្គោស្លាវ name (former country in the Balkans)
Korean
1 entries- 유고슬라비아 name (former country in the Balkans)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- Югославия name (former country in the Balkans)
Lao
1 entries- ຢູໂກສະລາເວັຍ name (former country in the Balkans)
Latin
1 entries- Iugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Latvian
1 entries- Dienvidslāvija name (former country in the Balkans)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Jugoslavija name (former country in the Balkans)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- Jugosłowjańska name (former country in the Balkans)
Macedonian
1 entries- Југославија name (former country in the Balkans)
Malay
1 entries- Yugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Maltese
1 entries- il-Jugoslavja name (former country in the Balkans)
Manx
1 entries- Yn Yugoslaavey name (former country in the Balkans)
Mongolian
1 entries- Югослав name (former country in the Balkans)
Māori
1 entries- Ukorāwia name (former country in the Balkans)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- Yûgoslavya name (former country in the Balkans)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- Jugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- Jugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Occitan
1 entries- Iogoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Pashto
1 entries- يوګوسلاويا name (former country in the Balkans)
Persian
1 entries- یوگسلاوی name (former country in the Balkans)
Polish
1 entries- Jugosławia name (former country in the Balkans)
Portuguese
2 entries- Iugoslávia name (former country in the Balkans)
- Jugoslávia name (former country in the Balkans)
Rarotongan
1 entries- Ūkotaravia name (former country in the Balkans)
Romanian
1 entries- Iugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Russian
1 entries- Югосла́вия name (former country in the Balkans)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Iùgoslaibhia name (former country in the Balkans)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- Jugoslȁvija name (former country in the Balkans)
- Jugòslāvija name (former country in the Balkans)
- Југо̀сла̄вија name (former country in the Balkans)
- Југосла̏вија name (former country in the Balkans)
Sindhi
1 entries- يوگوسلاويا name (former country in the Balkans)
Slovak
1 entries- Juhoslávia name (former country in the Balkans)
Slovene
1 entries- Jugoslávija name (former country in the Balkans)
Spanish
2 entries- Yugoeslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
- Yugoslavia name (former country in the Balkans)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- Yugoslafia name (former country in the Balkans)
Swedish
1 entries- Jugoslavien name (former country in the Balkans)
Tagalog
2 entries- Hugoslabya name (former country in the Balkans)
- Yugoslabya name (former country in the Balkans)
Tajik
1 entries- Югославия name (former country in the Balkans)
Thai
1 entries- ยูโกสลาเวีย name (former country in the Balkans)
Turkish
1 entries- Yugoslavya name (former country in the Balkans)
Turkmen
1 entries- Ýugoslawiýa name (former country in the Balkans)
Ukrainian
2 entries- Югосла́вія name (former country in the Balkans)
- Юґосла́вія name (former country in the Balkans)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- Juhosłowjanska name (former country in the Balkans)
Urdu
1 entries- یوگوسلاویہ name (former country in the Balkans)
Uyghur
1 entries- يۇگوسلاۋىيە name (former country in the Balkans)
Uzbek
1 entries- Yugoslaviya name (former country in the Balkans)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Nam Tư name (former country in the Balkans)
Welsh
1 entries- Iwgoslafia name (former country in the Balkans)
Yiddish
1 entries- יוגאָסלאַוויע name (former country in the Balkans)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia in 1910.
Source: tatoeba (32865)
In the late 20th century, Yugoslavia was considered a rogue state by the United States.
Source: tatoeba (814552)
Josip Broz Tito was the President of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980.
Source: tatoeba (8221493)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "yugoslavia"?
Closest matches include cultural unity, federal state, kingdom, pan yugoslavism, sfry.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "yugoslavia"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.