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Yugoslavia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌju.ɡoʊˈslɑ.vi.ə/ (General-American)
• /-vɪ.ə/ (Scotland)
• /-vi.ə/ (Scotland)
• /ˌjʉɡəˈslave.ə/ (Scotland)
• /ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌju.ɡəˈslɑ.vi.ə/ (General-American)
• /ˌjʉwɡəwˈslɑːvɪjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /-ɡo/ (Scotland)
• /ˌjuː.ɡəʊˈslɑː.vi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌjʉwɡəˈslɑːvɪjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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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.

Meanings

1. (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. 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2025:
2. (historical, specific) A 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.
3. (historical, specific) A 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. 1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 100:
4. (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. 1999 March 25, “Air Campaign Against Yugoslavia”, in The New York Times, New York, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2021:
5. (broadly, historical, nonstandard) A 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.

Forms

Deriveds

Yugo-nostalgia · Yugonostalgia · Yugosphere

Relateds

Yugoslav

Synonyms

South Slavia

Translations (105)

hi यूगोस्लाविया (former country in the Balkans) · th ยูโกสลาเวีย (former country in the Balkans) · fr Slavie méridionale (former country in the Balkans) · cmn 南斯拉夫 (former country in the Balkans) · gv Yn Yugoslaavey (former country in the Balkans) · pt Jugoslávia (former country in the Balkans) · mt il-Jugoslavja (former country in the Balkans) · gd Iùgoslaibhia (former country in the Balkans) · fr Yougoslavie (former country in the Balkans) · fi Jugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · sh Југо̀сла̄вија (former country in the Balkans) · tk Ýugoslawiýa (former country in the Balkans) · nl Joegoslavië (former country in the Balkans) · nn Jugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · nl Zuid-Slavië (former country in the Balkans) · bg Югосла́вия (former country in the Balkans) · oc Iogoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · ur یوگوسلاویہ (former country in the Balkans) · rar Ūkotaravia (former country in the Balkans) · acw يوقوسلاڤيا (former country in the Balkans) · et Jugoslaavia (former country in the Balkans) · be Югасла́вія (former country in the Balkans) · fo Jugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · fy Jûgoslaavje (former country in the Balkans) · eu Jugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · mi Tararā (former country in the Balkans) · uk Юґосла́вія (former country in the Balkans) · lt Jugoslavija (former country in the Balkans) · cy Iwgoslafia (former country in the Balkans) · hu Jugoszlávia (former country in the Balkans) · fa یوگسلاوی (former country in the Balkans) · he יוּגוֹסְלַבְיָה (former country in the Balkans) · da Jugoslavien (former country in the Balkans) · ar يُوغُوسْلافِيَا (former country in the Balkans) · km យូហ្គោស្លាវ (former country in the Balkans) · crh Yugoslaviya (former country in the Balkans) · tl Hugoslabya (former country in the Balkans) · ga an Iúgslaiv (former country in the Balkans) · ug يۇگوسلاۋىيە (former country in the Balkans) · is Júgóslavía (former country in the Balkans) · es Yugoeslavia (former country in the Balkans) · ms Yugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · de Jugoslawien (former country in the Balkans) · it Iugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · sv Jugoslavien (former country in the Balkans) · dsb Jugosłowjańska (former country in the Balkans) · sq Jugosllavi (indedinite) (former country in the Balkans) · cs Jugoslávie (former country in the Balkans) · ar يُوجُوسْلَافِيَا (former country in the Balkans) · id Yugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · sd يوگوسلاويا (former country in the Balkans) · ca Iugoslàvia (former country in the Balkans) · hy Հարավսլավիա (former country in the Balkans) · bn যুগোশ্লাভিয়া (former country in the Balkans) · srn Yugoslafia (former country in the Balkans) · vi Nam Tư (former country in the Balkans) · sl Jugoslávija (former country in the Balkans) · kk Югославия (former country in the Balkans) · af Joego-Slawië (former country in the Balkans) · lo ຢູໂກສະລາເວັຍ (former country in the Balkans) · tr Yugoslavya (former country in the Balkans) · cmn 南聯盟 /南联盟 (former country in the Balkans) · la Iugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · el Γιουγκοσλαβία (former country in the Balkans) · fr Slavie du Sud (former country in the Balkans) · mn Югослав (former country in the Balkans) · fy Joegoslaavje (former country in the Balkans) · it Jugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · tg Югославия (former country in the Balkans) · tl Yugoslabya (former country in the Balkans) · ru Югосла́вия (former country in the Balkans) · rup Iuguslavia (former country in the Balkans) · sh Југосла̏вија (former country in the Balkans) · sk Juhoslávia (former country in the Balkans) · uz Yugoslaviya (former country in the Balkans) · hsb Juhosłowjanska (former country in the Balkans) · eo Jugoslavujo (former country in the Balkans) · haw Iugosolawia (former country in the Balkans) · mi Ukorāwia (former country in the Balkans) · sq Jugosllavia (former country in the Balkans) · ps يوګوسلاويا (former country in the Balkans) · my ယူဂိုဆလားဗီးယား (former country in the Balkans) · sh Jugoslȁvija (former country in the Balkans) · ka იუგოსლავია (former country in the Balkans) · yi יוגאָסלאַוויע (former country in the Balkans) · pt Iugoslávia (former country in the Balkans) · ja ユーゴスラビア (former country in the Balkans) · az Yuqoslaviya (former country in the Balkans) · ky Югославия (former country in the Balkans) · es Yugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · eo Jugoslavio (former country in the Balkans) · ro Iugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · ar يُوجُسْلَافِيَا (former country in the Balkans) · pl Jugosławia (former country in the Balkans) · lv Dienvidslāvija (former country in the Balkans) · rup Iuguslavii (former country in the Balkans) · uk Югосла́вія (former country in the Balkans) · ja ユーゴスラヴィア (former country in the Balkans) · sh Jugòslāvija (former country in the Balkans) · mk Југославија (former country in the Balkans) · ar يُوغُسْلَافِيَا (former country in the Balkans) · nb Jugoslavia (former country in the Balkans) · kmr Yûgoslavya (former country in the Balkans) · ko 유고슬라비아 (former country in the Balkans) · yue 南斯拉夫 (former country in the Balkans)

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