Yugoslavia

or Ju·go·sla·vi·a

[ yoo-goh-slah-vee-uh ]

noun

formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
Formerly Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. a republic in S Europe on the Adriatic: formed 1918 from the kingdoms of Serbia and Montenegro and part of Austria-Hungary; a federal republic 1945-91 comprised of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

Other words from Yugoslavia

an·ti-Yu·go·sla·vi·an, adjective, noun
Yu·go·sla·vi·an, adjective, noun
Yu·go·slav·ic, adjective
pro-Yu·go·sla·vi·an, adjective, noun

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How to use Yugoslavia in a sentence

My parents believed the Virgin Mary was appearing to children in Yugoslavia and warning us of the secret end times.
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Once when we were shooting in Yugoslavia, his feet got badly frostbitten.
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We shot the picture in Yugoslavia, which saved us a lot of money but gave us a lot of headaches.
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One bar in the former Yugoslavia has the distinct honor of straddling a disputed border.
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Raif Dizdarevic, a Bosniak, was the first Muslim president of Yugoslavia.
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We have not spoken in this book of Jugoslavia but of Yugoslavia, since that has come to be the more familiar form.
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Will not the Italians excuse, rather than praise, the very, very small number of Yugoslavs who have stood out against Yugoslavia?
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And a year or two after the end of the war a good many of them were still with their foster-parents in other parts of Yugoslavia.
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And then just after the Germans attacked Yugoslavia, my husband was called—got a telegram to appear.
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I think that the Germans attacked us in April 1941—Yugoslavia.
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British Dictionary definitions for Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Jugoslavia

/ (ˌjuːɡəʊˈslɑːvɪə) /

noun

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia a former country in SE Europe, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, that was formed in 1991 but not widely internationally recognized until 2000; it was replaced by the Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 (dissolved 2006)
a former country in SE Europe, on the Adriatic: established in 1918 from the independent states of Serbia and Montenegro, and regions that until World War I had belonged to Austria-Hungary (Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina); the name was changed from Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes to Yugoslavia in 1929; German invasion of 1941–44 was resisted chiefly by a Communist group led by Tito, who declared a people's republic in 1945; it became the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1963; in 1991 Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence, followed by Macedonia in 1992; Serbia and Montenegro formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, subsequently (2003) replaced by the Union of Serbia and Montenegro (dissolved 2006)

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Cultural definitions for Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Republic in southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula, bordered by Hungary to the north, Bulgaria and Romania to the east, Macedonia and Albania to the south, the Adriatic Sea and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Croatia to the northwest. Its capital and largest city is Belgrade.

Notes for Yugoslavia

A union of six republics, the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was formally declared in 1918; the name was later changed to Yugoslavia.

Notes for Yugoslavia

It was invaded by German troops in 1941 and occupied until 1944. During the German occupation, intense fighting occurred there between rival ethnic factions, especially Croats and Serbs.

Notes for Yugoslavia

It became a communist state under the leadership of Tito and developed its own form of communism, independent of the Soviet Union.

Notes for Yugoslavia

With the collapse of communism in East Europe and the Soviet Union, long-repressed nationalism came to the surface. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, and Slovenia declared their independence, leaving Serbia and Montenegro to form the new, truncated Yugoslavia, known since 1992 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic stirred criticism by giving financial and military support to Serbian minorities in the newly independent republics and by pursuing a policy of ethnic cleansing. In 1995, under pressure from the United Nations and the United States, Milosevic signed a peace agreement with leaders of Bosnia and Croatia in Dayton, Ohio. In the late 1990s, attention shifted to Kosovo, a southern province of Serbia with an ethnic Albanian majority. Seeking independence from Serbia, the Albanian-dominated Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) launched a guerrilla war against Serbian police and officials in Kosovo. When Milosevic ordered a fierce crackdown against the KLA, NATO intervened with air strikes against Serbia, the first military engagement in its history. After heavy air attacks, including attacks on Belgrade, Milosevic agreed to a pullout from Kosovo by the Serbian army. Milosevic was later deposed in an election and sent to the International Court of Justice in The Hague for trial on human-rights abuses.

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