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YUGOSLAVIAN

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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 ("Yugoslavian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Yugoslavian" 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:

Yugoslavian (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:

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)

Yugoslavian (a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia)

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