Dienvidslāvija

Latvian

Dienvidslāvija (Eiropā)
Dienvidslāvijas karogs (1918-1941)
Dienvidslāvijas karogs (1945-1992)

Etymology

From dienvidslāvs (“Southern Slav, Yugoslav”) +‎ -ija, a calque of Serbo-Croatian Југославија (Jugoslavija), from the words југ (jug, “south”) and Славен, Словен (slaven, sloven, “Slav”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Dienvidslāvija f (4th declension)

  1. (dated, before 1992) Yugoslavia (former country on the Balkan Peninsula, with Belgrade as its capital)
    Dienvidslāvijas karogs ― the flag of Yugoslavia
    Dienvidslāvijas kari ― the wars of Yugoslavia
    Dienvidslāvijas sabrukums ― the disintegration of Yugolavia

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See also

former Yugoslav republics:
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