Yugoslavia

Yu·go·sla·vi·a  (yg-släv-) A former country of southeast Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea. It was formed in 1918 as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. Under the leadership of Marshal Tito, the country became a Communist-led regime after World War II. After Tito's death in 1980, economic problems and ethnic tensions grew. Communist party control ended in 1990, and four of the six constituent republics (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia) declared independence in 1991. Serbia and Montenegro, the remaining states, abandoned the name Yugoslavia in 2003 and dissolved the federation entirely in 2006. Yugo·slav, Yugo·slavi·an adj. & n.

Yugoslavia

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Yugoslavia, Jugoslavia [ˌjuːgəʊˈslɑːvɪə]

n

1. (Placename) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. a former country of SE Europe, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, that was formed in 1991 but not internationally recognized until 2000; it was replaced by the Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003

2. (Placename) 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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Yugoslavia - 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, Union of Serbia and Montenegro 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
	2.	Yugoslavia - a former country of southeastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea; formed in 1918 and named Yugoslavia in 1929; controlled by Marshal Tito as a communist state until his death in 1980; "Tito's Yugoslavia included Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro"

Translations

Yugoslavia [ˈjuːgəʊˈslɑːvɪə] N → Yugoslavia f

Yugoslavia [ˌjuːgəʊˈslɑːviə] n → Yougoslavie f
in the former Yugoslavia → en ex-Yougoslavie

Yugoslavia

n (Hist) → Jugoslawien nt (Hist); the former Yugoslavia → das ehemalige Jugoslawien, Ex-Jugoslawien nt (Press sl)

Yugoslavia [ˌjuːgəʊˈslɑːvɪə] n → Jugoslavia
the former Yugoslavia → l'ex Jugoslavia