Yugoslav

American  

[yoo-goh-slahv, -slav] / ˈyu goʊˌslɑv, -ˌslæv /

Or Jugoslav

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.

2. a southern Slav; a member of the southern group of Slavic peoples.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Yugoslavs.

Yugoslav British  

/ ˈjuːɡəʊˌslɑːv /

noun

1. (formerly) a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Yugoslavia (sense 1 or 2)

2. (not in technical use) another name for Serbo-Croat

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adjective

1. (formerly) of, relating to, or characteristic of Yugoslavia (sense 1 or 2) or its people

Other Word Forms

• anti-Yugoslav adjective
• pro-Yugoslav noun

Etymology

Origin of Yugoslav

1850–55; earlier Jugo-Slav < German Jugoslawe < Serbo-Croatian Jugoslòvēn, Jugoslàvēn, equivalent to jȕg south + -o- -o- + Slovēn, Slavēn Slav

Example Sentences

Russian support for Belgrade in 1914 was a trigger for World War I, and Moscow has offered unflinching support of Serbia during and after the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal

His firm Affinity Partners has sought to build a luxury hotel and apartment complex on the site of the former Yugoslav Army headquarters.

From BBC

Former Yugoslav army chief Nebojsa Pavkovic, convicted of war crimes by a UN court, died on Monday less than a month after being granted an early release, the Serbian presidency said.

From Barron's

Only three players have ever scored more for the former Yugoslav nation.

From BBC

As a student in Europe, I recall encountering Poles, Hungarians, Yugoslavs and other Eastern bloc nationals living in Western Europe — not as exiles, but as contract workers or students.

From Salon