Yugoslav

Yugoslav
/yooh"goh slahv', -slav'/, n.
1. a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia.
2. a southern Slav; a member of the southern group of Slavic peoples. Cf. Slav.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to the Yugoslavs.
Also, Jugoslav.
[1850-55; earlier Jugo-Slav < G Jugoslawe < Serbo-Croatian Jugoslòven, Jugoslàven, equiv. to jùg south + -o- -O- + Sloven, Slaven SLAV]

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