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SRBIJA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries
Synonyms:
Serbia; Srbija
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Srbija"):
Kosovo (a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians)
Belgrade; Beograd; capital of Serbia and Montenegro (capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube)
Meronyms (members of "Srbija"):
Serb; Serbian (a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries)
Holonyms ("Srbija" is a part of...):
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Jugoslavija; Serbia and Montenegro; Union of Serbia and Montenegro; Yugoslavia (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)