Yugoslavia
pronunciation
How to pronounce Yugoslavia in British English:
UK [ˈju:ɡəuˈslɑ:vjə]
How to pronounce Yugoslavia in American English:
US [ˌjuɡoˈslɑviə]
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- Noun:
- a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe
Word Origin
- Yugoslavia
- 1929 (earlier the country was Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes); from Yugoslav + -ia. The name vanished from the map in 2003.
Example
- 1. The former yugoslavia accounts for 70 % of sales .
- 2. It was the seventh state to emerge from former yugoslavia .
- 3. The collapse of yugoslavia was largely due to such imbalances .
- 4. Yugoslavia is long gone ; in its place a yugosphere is emerging .
- 5. From one end of former yugoslavia to the other , people are worrying about justice .