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Serbia

Syllables: Ser·bi·a/ˈsɜː.bi.ə/

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British/ˈsəːbɪjə/

Serbia proper noun: a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

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Proper noun

Serbia

  1. A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
    • The 153-page ruling from the International Court of Justice means that modern-day Serbia will not have to pay restitution to Croatia, which in 1991 split from what was then Yugoslavia.2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN
  2. A geographic region of Southeastern Europe.

Serbia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Serbia in Hindi

a country in Southeastern Europe
सर्बिया sarbiyā

Serbia in Tamil

a country in Southeastern Europe
செர்பியா cerpiyā

Serbia in Marathi

a country in Southeastern Europe
सर्बिया sarbiyā

Serbia in Urdu

a country in Southeastern Europe
سَرْبِیا sarbiyā, صَرْبِسْتان sarbistān
More languagesFewer languages
Serbia in Bengali
সার্বিয়া śarbiẏa
Serbia in Telugu
సెర్బియా serbiyā
Serbia in Malayalam
സെർബിയ seṟbiya
Serbia in Kannada
ಸೆರ್ಬಿಯ serbiya
Serbia in Punjabi
ਸਰਬੀਆ sarbīā
Serbia in Gujarati
સર્બિયા sarbiyā
Serbia in Odia
ସର୍ବିଆ sarbiā
Serbia in Sinhala
සර්බියාව sarbiyāwa
Serbia in Assamese
ছাৰ্বিয়া sarria
Serbia in Nepali
सर्बिया sarbiyā
Serbia in Pashto
صربیا sarbiyā
Serbia in Tagalog
Serbya, Serbiya
Serbia in Arabic
صِرْبِيَا ṣirbiyā, الصِّرْب aṣ-ṣirb
Serbia in Malay
Serbia
Serbia in Indonesian
Serbia
Serbia in Thai
เซอร์เบีย səə-biia
Serbia in Vietnamese
Xéc-bi
Serbia in Myanmar
ဆားဘီးယား hca:bhi:ya:
Dhivehi
ސާބިއާ sābiā

Forms of Serbia

alternative form (archaic)Servia

Origin of Serbia

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Serbia. By surface analysis, Serb + -ia.

Words formed from Serbia

Phrases with Serbia

Questions about Serbia

What does Serbia mean?
Serbia means a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
What is Serbia in Hindi?
Serbia in Hindi is सर्बिया (sarbiyā). See Serbia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Serbia?
Serbia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Serbia?
Serbia is pronounced /ˈsɜː.bi.ə/ (UK).

Words near Serbia in the dictionary

  1. Serb.
  2. Serban
  3. Serbans
  4. Serbdom
  5. Serbhood
  6. Serbia
  7. Serbia and Montenegro
  8. Serbian
  9. Serbian Orthodox Church
  10. Serbian salad
  11. Serbian salads

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Serbia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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