Yugoslavian
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5.2
- noun
- /ˌjuːɡəˈslɑːviən/
:
yugoslavo
- I know about the Zionists and Jews, the Blacks, Irish, and Yugoslavians—any common people of any type have suffered the same!
She was Yugoslavian or some shit like that.
- She was Yugoslavian or some shit like that.
Examples
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I have indeed told my friends who are former Yugoslavians that in a future EU, the Slavs would have to join together again as a collective group to defend their common interests, just like the northeastern states and southern states.
Blog text (2) -
For the most part, they refused to undress and insisted on being examined by the application of a magnifying glass to their palms: this, it transpired, had been the method used by a certain Yugoslavian who had circulated about the Gulf in the guise of a physician some seven years before.
Fiction book (1993) -
That Yugoslavian, if you must know.
Fiction book (1999) -
But how could she know that the Yugoslavian would turn out to have a wife in Yugoslavia?
Fiction book (1995) -
I think it was a grandfathered-in Yugoslavian.
Blog text (2) -
It was printed in Yugoslavian and there didn't happen to be an interpreter in the cell.
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I'm not thrilled with 70 million more Mexicans in the next 35 years, just like I wouldn't be thrilled with 70 million French-speaking Quebecois moving down if there were that many, or 70 million Yugoslavians.
Blog text (17) -
Vlade Divac, a Yugoslavian basketball player, became famous for his skills on the court.
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Many Yugoslavians left their homeland in search of better opportunities after the country's breakup.
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The festival celebrated the rich culture of Yugoslavians, highlighting their music, food, and traditions.
Synonyms
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6.3
A person from the former country Yugoslavia
A person from the former country Yugoslavia
A person from Yugoslavia, especially in the past
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Yugoslavian = Yugoslavia (transparent) = Yugoslavia + ian
The person-denoting sense is a regular demonymic derivation from the country name using '-ian', so the relation is transparent.
Etymology
A Yugoslavian is a person from Yugoslavia, and the country name joins jug 'south' and Slav 'Slavs'. It originally meant 'a South Slav', which is why Yugoslavian was used for the people of that country.