Yugoslavia /ˌjuː.ɡəˈslɑː.vi.ə/ noun5 •(historical) A former country in Southeastern Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.This all relates to what happened in the 1990s, in the bloody aftermath of Yugoslavia splintering into separate nations. — 2015 •(historical) The Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a kingdom ruled by the House of Karađorđević which existed from 1918 to 1941. •(historical) The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a communist state which existed from 1945 to 1992.Though Yugoslavia has large socially owned farms, private farmers make up a quarter of the working population and account for 75 percent of food production. — 1990 •(historical) A former country in Southeastern Europe, a rump state formed by Serbia and Montenegro after 1992; in full, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. •(nonstandard, historical) Serbia and Montenegro, after 2003 until 2006, when it disintegrated.
