FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, THE


Meaning of FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, THE in English

ˌFederal Reˌpublic of Yugoˈslavia, the BrE AmE ( also the FRY, ) ( also the Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) )

the former name of a country in Eastern Europe, between Romania and Bosnia-Herzegovina, that included part of the former country of Yugoslavia, and was involved in the Bosnian War in the 1990s. It became a country in 1992, and its population is mainly Serbian. In 2003 it changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. in 2006 Montenegro left the federation.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.