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Yugoslavia

yu·gos·la·via

UK/ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vi.ə/ US/ˌjuː.ɡəʊˈslɑː.vi.ə/ uncommon

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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.

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