Union of Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro, Union of

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(Placename) a country in SE Europe, consisting of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro; replaced the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2002; chiefly mountainous, with the Danube plains in the N. Official language: Serbo-Croatian. Religion: Serbian Orthodox majority, with Roman Catholic and Muslim minorities. Currencies: new dinar and euro (in Montenegro and Kosovo). Capital: Belgrade. Pop.: 10 677 000 (2001 est.). Area: 102 173 sq. km (39 449 sq. miles) Former name Servia Serbian name Srbija

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Union of Serbia and Montenegro - a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Jugoslavija, Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia Serbia, Srbija - a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries Crna Gora, Montenegro - a former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea; now part of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade, Beograd, capital of Serbia and Montenegro - capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube Danau, Danube, Danube River - the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea; "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube" Jugoslav, Jugoslavian, Yugoslav, Yugoslavian - a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia