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Serbia

Serbia

70 3.1
A country in southeast Europe in the Balkans
  • proper noun
  • /ˈsɜrbiə/
translation icon : Serbia
  • An example for that would be Serbia and the disintegration of Yugoslavia.
  • Serbia and Montenegro
  • Serbia and Croatia
  • Serbia and Bulgaria

He genuinely wants Serbia to retake this area.

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Examples

  • And then we had this amazing tennis match between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Daniel Medvedev of Russia.

  • Ironically, there was much more freedom for the opposition in Serbia than in the other republics.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Because we gave Serbia our word.

  • But not in Serbia, though.

  • Take us back to Serbia.

  • Soon, here in Serbia in my laboratory, perfection will become a reality.

  • Now he expected neither Serbia nor Romania to exist after the war.

  • All international agreements to which Serbia was a party were transferred to the Yugoslav state.

    Academic text (1993)
  • In 2010, WiB founded the first professional women's video activist group in Serbia.

    Academic text (2017)
  • I visited Serbia last summer and was amazed by its beautiful landscapes.

Synonyms

Srbija
vsSerbia
9.8

A country in southeast Europe with capital Belgrade

is the same referent described as a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia

Compounds

A country made of two parts, Serbia and Montenegro, that existed from 2003 to 2006

A country of Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 to 2006

Surface Forms

Serbia main

Morphology

Serbia = Serb (transparent) = Serb + ia

Form corresponds to the ethnonym 'Serb' plus the common place-name suffix '-ia', so knowing 'Serb' makes clear this is the country of the Serbs.

Etymology

The name Serbia comes from the people called the Serbs, and the country name simply means 'land of the Serbs'. The old Slavic word Serb likely meant 'kin' or 'family', so a helpful way to remember Serbia is as the 'land of the family'.