South Slavia en · PROPN
Etymology
Calque of Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija.
Meanings
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Synonym of Yugoslavia.
Negotiations have been resumed between Italy and South Slavia in regard to the Adriatic question, at which it is hoped that some agreement will be reached.
1920, The World’s Work, volume 36, page 538:He took that course when he really could believe that Communism would make Carniola and South Slavia a leading country; a country to show Russia and America which way they have to go to give mankind a new dimension of prosperity without capitalism and imperialism.
1982, The South Slav Journal, volume 5, page 30:The Italian competition, on the other hand, is not feared, as the way the goods will have to be shipped, via South Slavia and German Austria, will render trade too expensive.
1920 July 10, Frederick Simpich, “Germany’s Trade with Czechoslovakia”, in Commerce Reports, number 161, page 179:
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de Südslawien (Translations) · fr Slavie du Sud (Translations) · fr Slavie méridionale (Translations)