Yugoslavia

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Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, in turn from jug (“south”) and slavija (“Slavia, the land of the Slavs”). Literally, the land of the South Slavs. By surface analysis, Yugoslav + -ia.

1. A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

   “This all relates to what happened in the 1990s, in the bloody aftermath of Yugoslavia splintering into separate nations.”

2. A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
3. A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
4. A former country in Southeast Europe, a rump state formed by Serbia and Montenegro after 1992; in full, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

   “Yugoslavia’s President, Slobodan Milosevic, has rejected all efforts at meaningful diplomacy and, in violation of his own previous commitments, has ratcheted up his military campaign against the innocent civilians of Kosovo.”

5. A former country in Southeast Europe, a rump state formed by Serbia and Montenegro after 1992; in full, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.