Yugoslavia
proper nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vi.ə//
- United Kingdom//ˌjuː.ɡəʊˈslɑː.vi.ə//
- United Kingdom//ˌjʉwɡəˈslɑːvɪjə//
- United Kingdom//ˌjʉwɡəwˈslɑːvɪjə//
- United States//ˌju.ɡəˈslɑ.vi.ə//
A former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
proper noun
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historicalA former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
This all relates to what happened in the 1990s, in the bloody aftermath of Yugoslavia splintering into separate nations.
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historicalA former country in Southeastern 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.
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historicalA former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a communist state which existed from 1945 to 1992.
Though Yugoslavia has large socially owned farms, private farmers make up a quarter of the working population and account for 75 percent of food production.
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historicalA former country in Southeastern Europe, a rump state formed by Serbia and Montenegro after 1992; in full, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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.
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historicalA former country in Southeastern 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.
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.
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