proper noun
Yugoslavia
yoo-guh-SLAH-vee-uh
proper noun
1
A former country in southeastern Europe that existed for most of the 20th century before splitting into several independent nations.
"Yugoslavia broke apart into separate countries in the early 1990s."
How to Use Yugoslavia
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA former Balkan country, now divided into Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
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Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, literally "land of the South Slavs," combining jug ("south") and Slavija ("Slavia").