American English pronunciation
How to pronounce yugoslavia
IPA transcription: [,juɡoʊs'lɑviə]
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Noun
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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
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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”
Usage examples
- The host nation's team also qualified for the semifinals together with Yugoslavia.
- Apart from Germany, Kauka found experienced illustrators in Yugoslavia, Italy and Spain.
- The first appearance of "Hey, Slavs" in Yugoslavia was during the Illyrian movement.
- Austria, England, Scotland and Yugoslavia returned after missing only one finals tournament.
- In the former Yugoslavia he also won various awards and recognitions.
- The machine gun was also license-manufactured in Bulgaria, India, Yugoslavia and Poland.
- It also partly influenced the Croatian Spring in Yugoslavia.
- Begunje fielded the only specialized Partisan ski-unit of Yugoslavia during the war.
- He started writing songs for himself and for the other popular stars in ex-Yugoslavia.
- Technicians and engineers came from many foreign countries, including Poland, Yugoslavia, Colombia and Haiti.