Yugoslav

[ yoo-goh-slahv, -slav ]

/ ˈyu goʊˌslɑv, -ˌslæv /

a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.

a southern Slav; a member of the southern group of Slavic peoples. Compare Slav.

of or relating to the Yugoslavs.

Origin of Yugoslav

1850–55; earlier Jugo-Slav < German Jugoslawe < Serbo-Croatian Jugoslòvēn, Jugoslàvēn, equivalent to jȕg south + -o- -o- + Slovēn, Slavēn Slav

pro-Yu·go·slav, noun, adjective

Twenty years on from the Yugoslav wars, the wounds and memories are still raw.

Serbia and Croatia’s Competing Genocide Claims |Adam LeBor |March 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Both countries accuse each other of genocide during the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s.

Serbia and Croatia’s Competing Genocide Claims |Adam LeBor |March 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At the time, she was working on Yugoslav war crime trials at the International Criminal Tribunal.

New Facebook Project Imitates Virtual Iranian Prison |Nina Strochlic |February 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Yugoslav crew was very nice and helpful, but you had to be careful.

Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview |Alex Belth |February 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

It goes without saying that these sentiments are perfectly well known to those Albanians who live outside the Yugoslav frontier.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 |Henry Baerlein
Thirteen Yugoslav schoolmasters at Pola were thus deprived of their means of livelihood.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 |Henry Baerlein
The Yugoslav (read: Serb) army – ostensibly the side that lost the war – is vibrant and defiant.

After the Rain |Sam Vaknin
And that does not take into account the western Banat and other Yugoslav territories.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 |Henry Baerlein
Sixty new detectives were taken on by the Yugoslav authorities, and fifty-six of them had to be dismissed.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 |Henry Baerlein

Yugoslav

/ (ˈjuːɡəʊˌslɑːv) /

(formerly) a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Yugoslavia (sense 1 or 2)

(not in technical use) another name for Serbo-Croat (def. 1)

(formerly) of, relating to, or characteristic of Yugoslavia (sense 1 or 2) or its people