ユーゴスラビア

Japanese

Alternative forms

ユーゴスラヴィア (Yūgosuravia)

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Југославија, Jugoslavija, likely via English Yugoslavia.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ユーゴスラビア [yùúgósúráꜜbìà] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːɡo̞sɨɾa̠bʲia̠]

Proper noun

ユーゴスラビア • (Yūgosurabia)

(historical) Yugoslavia (a former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia)

See also

ユーゴスラビア王国(おうこく) (Yūgosurabia Ōkoku, “Kingdom of Yugoslavia”)
ユーゴスラビア社会主義連邦共和国(しゃかいしゅぎれんぽうきょうわこく) (Yūgosurabia Shakai Shugi Renpō Kyōwakoku, “Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia”)
ユーゴスラビア連邦共和国(れんぽうきょうわこく) (Yūgosurabia Renpō Kyōwakoku, “Federal Republic of Yugoslavia”)
ユーゴ (yūgo) (abbreviation)
ユーゴスラビ (yūgosurabi) (dated)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN