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Jugoslavia

Jugoslavia proper noun: dated spelling of Yugoslavia: (historical) A former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

Proper noun

Jugoslavia

  1. Dated spelling of Yugoslavia: (historical) A former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
    • The recent Osimo settlement calls for the building of an industrial area on two-thirds of the Trieste Carso, in which the majority of labor should come from various parts of Jugoslavia, especially Macedonians.1982, Alfred Connor Bowman, Zones of Strain: A Memoir of the Early Cold War, page 157

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Questions about Jugoslavia

What does Jugoslavia mean?
Jugoslavia means dated spelling of Yugoslavia: (historical) A former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
What part of speech is Jugoslavia?
Jugoslavia is a proper noun.

Words near Jugoslavia in the dictionary

  1. jugo beans
  2. Jugo-
  3. jugomaxillary
  4. Jugomir
  5. Jugoslav
  6. Jugoslavia
  7. Jugoslavian
  8. Jugoslavians
  9. Jugoslavs
  10. jugrigger
  11. jugriggers

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