YUGOSLAV

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yugoslav mean? 

• YUGOSLAV (noun)
  The noun YUGOSLAV has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia

  Familiarity information: YUGOSLAV used as a noun is very rare.

• YUGOSLAV (adjective)
  The adjective YUGOSLAV has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages

  Familiarity information: YUGOSLAV used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YUGOSLAV (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jugoslav; Jugoslavian; Yugoslav; Yugoslavian

Hypernyms ("Yugoslav" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Yugoslav" is a member of...):

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Jugoslavija; Serbia and Montenegro; Union of Serbia and Montenegro; Yugoslavia (a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro)

Derivation:

Yugoslav (of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages)

• YUGOSLAV (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Yugoslav; Yugoslavian

Context example:

Yugoslavian wine

Pertainym:

Yugoslavia (a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro)

Derivation:

Yugoslav (a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia)