YU

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Translingual

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YU

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Yugoslavia from 1974 to 1992.
    Synonym: YUG (alpha-3)
  2. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Serbia and Montenegro from 1992 to 2003.
    Synonyms: YUG (alpha-3 1992–2003), CS (2003–2006)

Usage notes

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Although Serbia and Montenegro was officially known as Yugoslavia from 1992 to 2003, hence the code remaining in use, it was rarely referred to by that name in practice.