Yugoslavia

== English == === Alternative forms === Jugoslavia (common pre-WWII spelling) Yougoslavia === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vi.ə/, /ˌjuː.ɡəʊˈslɑː.vi.ə/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˌjʉwɡəˈslɑːvɪjə/, /ˌjʉwɡəwˈslɑːvɪjə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌju.ɡəˈslɑ.vi.ə/, /ˌju.ɡoʊˈslɑ.vi.ə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌjʉɡəˈslave.ə/, /-ɡo/, /-vɪ.ə/, /-vi.ə/ Rhymes: -ɑːviə Hyphenation: Yu‧go‧sla‧vi‧a, Yu‧go‧slav‧ia === Proper noun === Yugoslavia (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. (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. (historical) A former country in Southeastern Europe, a rump state formed by Serbia and Montenegro after 1992; in full, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (historical, nonstandard, by extension) Serbia and Montenegro, after 2003 until 2006, when it disintegrated. ==== Synonyms ==== South Slavia ==== Derived terms ==== Yugosphere Yugo-nostalgia / Yugonostalgia ==== Related terms ==== Yugoslav ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Countries of the world === References === === Further reading === Yugoslavia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Interlingua == === Proper noun === Yugoslavia (historical) Yugoslavia (a former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -abja Syllabification: Yu‧gos‧la‧via === Proper noun === Yugoslavia f (historical) Yugoslavia (a former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia)