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JUGOSLAVIJA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Jugoslavija mean?
• JUGOSLAVIJA (noun)
The noun JUGOSLAVIJA has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: JUGOSLAVIJA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Jugoslavija; Serbia and Montenegro; Union of Serbia and Montenegro; Yugoslavia
Instance hypernyms:
European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Jugoslavija"):
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)
Meronyms (members of "Jugoslavija"):
Jugoslav; Jugoslavian; Yugoslav; Yugoslavian (a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia)
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