Submitted Place Name Revision History

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9/12/2021, 11:40 AM HL
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4/21/2017, 10:16 PM anonymous

Name Yugoslavia
Type Country
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /juː.ɡə.ˈslɑː.vi.ə/
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Meaning & History

From Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija meaning "land of the South Slavs", derived from jug meaning "south" and slavija meaning "land of Slavs". This was the name of a European country that existed from 1918 to 1941 (as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia), from 1943 to 1945 (as the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia), from 1945 to 1992, and from 1992-2003 (as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).
Added 4/21/2017 by anonymous