Yugoslavia

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Yugoslavia

/ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vi.ə/ UK
/ˌjuː.ɡəʊˈslɑː.vi.ə/ UK
/ˌjʉwɡəˈslɑːvɪjə/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˌjʉwɡəwˈslɑːvɪjə/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˌju.ɡəˈslɑ.vi.ə/ US
/ˌju.ɡoʊˈslɑ.vi.ə/ US
/ˌjʉɡəˈslave.ə/ Scotland
/-ɡo/ Scotland
/-vɪ.ə/ Scotland
/-vi.ə/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɑːviə

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Jugoslavia · Yougoslavia

historical A 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.
historical, specific The Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a kingdom ruled by the House of Karađorđević which existed from 1918 to 1941.
historical, specific 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.
historical A 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.
broadly, historical, nonstandard Serbia and Montenegro, after 2003 until 2006, when it disintegrated.

Similar: South Slavia

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jugoslavia, yugoslavian, yugoslav, serbian, slavic, slav, kosovo, serbia, nam, belgrade, southern, republic, federal, villa, nan, south

proper noun

Similar: South Slavia

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Every language

name former country in the Balkans

Español	Yugoslavia, Yugoeslavia
한국어	유고슬라비아 Yugoseullabia
日本語	ユーゴスラビア Yūgosurabia, ユーゴスラヴィア Yūgosuravia
中文	南斯拉夫 Nánsīlāfū, 南聯盟 /南联盟 Nánliánméng
हिन्दी	यूगोस्लाविया yūgoslāviyā
Português	Jugoslávia, Iugoslávia
Français	Yougoslavie, Slavie du Sud, Slavie méridionale
Deutsch	Jugoslawien
Italiano	Jugoslavia, Iugoslavia
Ελληνικά	Γιουγκοσλαβία Giougkoslavía
Română	Iugoslavia
Русский	Югосла́вия Jugoslávija
Tiếng Việt	Nam Tư
العربية	يُوغُسْلَافِيَا yūḡuslāfiyā, يُوجُوسْلَافِيَا yūjūslāfiyā, يُوجُسْلَافِيَا yūjuslāfiyā, يُوغُوسْلافِيَا yūḡūslāfiyā
עברית	יוּגוֹסְלַבְיָה yugoslávya

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@misc{yugoslavia_2026,
  title = {Yugoslavia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yugoslavia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}