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YUGOSLAV

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia

Synonyms:

Jugoslav; Jugoslavian; Yugoslav; Yugoslavian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Yugoslav" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Yugoslav" is a member 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)

Derivation:

Yugoslav (of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages

Example:

Yugoslavian wine

Synonyms:

Yugoslav; Yugoslavian

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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)

Derivation:

Yugoslav (a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia)

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