Yu ‧ go ‧ sla ‧ vi ‧ a /ˌjuːɡəʊˈslɑːviə/ BrE AmE
a former country in southeast Europe. It existed from the 1920s until the early 1990s, and was made up of six ↑ republic s : Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro. Serbia and Montenegro combined to form one country in 2003, and the other republics became separate, independent countries during the 1990s. ⇨ ↑ Bosnian War , ↑ Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , ↑ Tito
—Yugoslav /ˈjuːɡəʊslɑːv/
—Yugoslavian /ˌjuːɡəʊˈslɑːviən/ noun , adjective