Yugoslavia

English

Alternative forms

• Jugoslavia (common pre-WWII spelling)
• Yougoslavia

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vɪ.ə/, /ˌjuː.ɡəʊˈslɑː.vɪ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌju.ɡəˈslɑ.vi.ə/, /ˌju.ɡoʊˈslɑ.vi.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːviə
• Hyphenation: Yu‧go‧sla‧vi‧a, Yu‧go‧slav‧ia

Proper noun

Yugoslavia

2. (historical) A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
   • 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     This all relates to what happened in the 1990s, in the bloody aftermath of Yugoslavia splintering into separate nations.

   1. (historical, specific) The Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a kingdom ruled by the House of Karađorđević which existed from 1918 to 1941.
   2. (historical, specific) The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a communist state which existed from 1945 to 1992.
4. (historical) A former country in Southeast Europe, a rump state formed by Serbia and Montenegro after 1992; in full, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
   • 1999 March 25, “Air Campaign Against Yugoslavia”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York:

     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.

   1. (historical, nonstandard, by extension) Serbia and Montenegro, after 2003 until 2006, when it disintegrated.

Derived terms

• Yugosphere
• Yugo-nostalgia / Yugonostalgia

Related terms

• Yugoslav

Translations

former country in the Balkans

• Afrikaans: Joego-Slawië
• Albanian: Jugosllavi f (indedinite), Jugosllavia (definite)
• Arabic: يُوغُسْلَافِيَا f (yūḡoslāviyā), يُوجُوسْلَافِيَا f (yūgoslāviyā)

  Hijazi Arabic: يوقوسلاڤيا f (yūgōslāvya)

• Armenian: Հարավսլավիա (Haravslavia)
• Aromanian: Iuguslavii f (indefinite), Iuguslavia (definite)
• Azerbaijani: Yuqoslaviya
• Basque: Jugoslavia (eu)
• Belarusian: Югасла́вія f (Juhaslávija)
• Bengali: যুগোশ্লাভিয়া (jugōslabhiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Югосла́вия f (Jugoslávija)
• Burmese: ယူဂိုဆလားဗီးယား (yuguihca.la:bi:ya:)
• Catalan: Iugoslàvia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 南斯拉夫 (naam⁴ si¹ laai¹ fu¹)

  Mandarin: 南斯拉夫 (zh) (Nánsīlāfū), 南聯盟 / 南联盟 (zh) (Nánliánméng)

• Czech: Jugoslávie (cs) f
• Danish: Jugoslavien n
• Dutch: Joegoslavië (nl) n, Zuid-Slavië n (dated)
• Esperanto: Jugoslavio, Jugoslavujo
• Estonian: Jugoslaavia
• Faroese: Jugoslavia
• Finnish: Jugoslavia (fi)
• French: Yougoslavie (fr) f
• Georgian: იუგოსლავია (iugoslavia)
• German: Jugoslawien (de) n
• Greek: Γιουγκοσλαβία (el) f (Giougkoslavía)
• Hawaiian: Iugosolawia
• Hebrew: יוּגוֹסְלַבְיָה f (yugoslávya)
• Hindi: यूगोस्लाविया (yūgoslāviyā)
• Hungarian: Jugoszlávia (hu)
• Icelandic: Júgóslavía f
• Indonesian: Yugoslavia
• Irish: an Iúgslaiv f
• Italian: Jugoslavia, Iugoslavia (it) f
• Japanese: ユーゴスラビア (ja) (Yūgosurabia), ユーゴスラヴィア (Yūgosuravia)
• Kazakh: Югославия (Ügoslaviä)
• Khmer: យូហ្គោស្លាវ (km) (yuugooslaaw)
• Korean: 유고슬라비아 (ko) (Yugoseullabia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Yûgoslavya

• Kyrgyz: Югославия (ky) (Yugoslaviya)
• Lao: ຢູໂກສະລາເວັຍ (yū kō sa lā wia)
• Latin: Iugoslavia f
• Latvian: Dienvidslāvija f
• Lithuanian: Jugoslavija f
• Macedonian: Југославија (mk) f (Jugoslavija)
• Malay: Yugoslavia
• Maltese: il-Jugoslavja f
• Manx: Yn Yugoslaavey
• Maori: Ukorāwia
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Югослав (Jugoslav)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jugoslavia n

  Nynorsk: Jugoslavia n

• Pashto: يوګوسلاويا f (yugoslāwyā)
• Persian: یوگسلاوی (yugoslâvi)
• Polish: Jugosławia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Jugoslávia (pt) f (Portugal), Iugoslávia (pt) f (Brazil)
• Rarotongan: Ūkotaravia
• Romanian: Iugoslavia f
• Russian: Югосла́вия (ru) f (Jugoslávija)
• Scottish Gaelic: Iùgoslaibhia
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Југо̀сла̄вија f, Југосла̏вија f

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

• Sindhi: يوگوسلاويا
• Slovak: Juhoslávia f
• Slovene: Jugoslávija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Jugosłowjańska f

  Upper Sorbian: Juhosłowjanska f

• Spanish: Yugoslavia (es) f, Yugoeslavia (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: Yugoslafia
• Swedish: Jugoslavien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Yugoslabya, Hugoslabya
• Tajik: Югославия (tg) (Yugoslaviya)
• Thai: ยูโกสลาเวีย (yuu-goo-sà-laa-wiia)
• Turkish: Yugoslavya (tr)
• Turkmen: Ýugoslawiýa
• Ukrainian: Югосла́вія f (Juhoslávija), Юґосла́вія f (Jugoslávija)
• Urdu: یوگوسلاویہ m (yūgoslāviyā)
• Uyghur: يۇگوسلاۋىيە (yugoslawiye)
• Uzbek: Yugoslaviya
• Vietnamese: Nam Tư (vi) (南斯)
• Welsh: Iwgoslafia (cy)
• Yiddish: יוגאָסלאַוויע (yugoslavye)

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

Further reading

• Yugoslavia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Interlingua

Proper noun

Yugoslavia

1. (historical) Yugoslavia (a former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝuɡosˈlabja/ [ɟ͡ʝu.ɣ̞osˈla.β̞ja]

• IPA^(key): /ʝuɡosˈlabja/ [ɟ͡ʝu.ɣ̞osˈla.β̞ja] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ʃuɡosˈlabja/ [ʃu.ɣ̞osˈla.β̞ja] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒuɡosˈlabja/ [ʒu.ɣ̞osˈla.β̞ja] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -abja
• Syllabification: Yu‧gos‧la‧via

Proper noun

Yugoslavia f

1. (historical) Yugoslavia (a former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia)