Yugoslavia

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Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, in turn from jugo (south) and slavija (slavia, the land of the Slavs). Literally, the land of the southern Slavs.

Alternative forms

• Jugoslavia (common pre-WWII spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [jugʊˈslɑvɪə]

Proper noun

Yugoslavia

1. Former country on the Balkan Peninsula. In addition to Serbia and Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Croatia were also part of the Yugoslav Federation prior to the 1990s.

Translations

Former country in the Balkans

• Albanian: Jugosllavia (sq)
• Arabic: يوغوسلافيا (ar) (yughuslaafiya) f
• Armenian: Հարավսլավիա (hy) (Haravslavia)
• Azeri: Yuqoslaviya (az)
• Belarusian: Югаславія (be) (Juhaslávija) f
• Bengali: যুগোশ্লাভিয়া (bn)
• Bulgarian: Югославия (bg) (Jugoslávija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南斯拉夫 (cmn) (Nánsīlāfū)

• Czech: Jugoslávie (cs) f
• Danish: Jugoslavien (da)
• Dutch: Joegoslavië (nl)
• Esperanto: Jugoslavio
• Finnish: Jugoslavia (fi)
• French: Yougoslavie (fr) f
• Georgian: იუგოსლავია (ka) (iugoslavia)
• German: Jugoslavien (de) n
• Greek: Γιουγκοσλαβία (el) (Yiougoslavía) f
• Hebrew: יוגוסלביה (he)
• Hindi: यूगोस्लाविया (hi) (yūgōslāviyā)
• Hungarian: Jugoszlávia (hu)
• Italian: Jugoslavia (it), Iugoslavia (it) f
• Japanese: ユーゴスラビア (ja) (Yūgosurabia), ユーゴスラヴィア (ja) (Yūgosuravia)

• Korean: 유고슬라비아 (ko) (Yugoseullabia)
• Latvian: Dienvidslāvija (lv) f
• Macedonian: Југославија (mk) (Jugoslávija) f
• Malay: Yugoslavia (ms)
• Maltese: il-Jugoslavja
• Manx: Yn Yugoslaavey (gv)
• Persian: یوگسلاوی (fa)
• Polish: Jugosławia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Jugoslávia (pt) f ((Portugal)), Iugoslávia (pt) f ((Brazil))
• Russian: Югославия (ru) (Jugoslávija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Југо̀сла̄вија (sh) (Jugòslāvija) f, Југосла̏вија (sh) (Jugoslȁvija) f

  Latin: Jugòslāvija (sh) f, Jugoslȁvija (sh) f

• Slovak: Juhoslávie (sk) f
• Slovene: Jugoslávija (sl) f
• Spanish: Yugoslavia (es) f, Yugoeslavia (es) f
• Swedish: Jugoslavien (sv)
• Thai: ยูโกสลาเวีย (th) (yoogòhtlaawia)
• Turkish: Yugoslavya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Югославія (uk) (Juhoslávija) f
• Vietnamese: Nam Tư (vi) (南斯 (vi))

Related terms

• Yugoslav

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

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Proper noun

Yugoslavia

1. Yugoslavia