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Yugoslavia

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSerbo-CroatianJugoslavija, in turn fromjug(“south”) andslavija(“Slavia, the land of theSlavs”). Literally,the land of theSouth Slavs. Bysurface analysis,Yugoslav +‎-ia.

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Yugoslavia

  2. (historical) A formercountry inSoutheast Europe in theBalkans, now split into 6 countries:Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,North Macedonia,Montenegro,Serbia, andSlovenia.
    • 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, inCNN‎[1]:
      This all relates to what happened in the 1990s, in the bloody aftermath ofYugoslavia splintering into separate nations.
    1. (historical, specific) TheKingdom of Yugoslavia, a kingdom ruled by the House ofKarađorđević which existed from 1918 to 1941.
    2. (historical, specific) TheSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a communist state which existed from 1945 to 1992.
  4. (historical) A formercountry inSoutheast Europe, arump state formed bySerbia andMontenegro after 1992; in full,Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
    • 1999 March 25, “Air Campaign Against Yugoslavia”, inThe New York Times‎[2], New York:
      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.
    1. (historical, nonstandard, by extension)Serbia and Montenegro, after 2003 until 2006, when it disintegrated.

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former country in the Balkans

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References

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  1. ^“Yugoslavia”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Yugoslavia

  1. (historical)Yugoslavia (a formercountry inSoutheast Europe in theBalkans, now split into 6 countries:Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,North Macedonia,Montenegro,Serbia, andSlovenia)

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  • IPA(key): /ʝuɡosˈlabja/[ɟ͡ʝu.ɣ̞osˈla.β̞ja]

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Yugoslavia f

  1. (historical)Yugoslavia (a formercountry inSoutheast Europe in theBalkans, now split into 6 countries:Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,North Macedonia,Montenegro,Serbia, andSlovenia)
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