Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 南斯, contracted from Mandarin 南斯拉夫 (Nán Sīlāfū, Nam Tư Lạp Phu, literally Southern Slav). Compare Serbo-Croatian Jugòslāvija (literally land of the Southern Slavs).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nam

  1. (historical) Yugoslavia

Adjective

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Nam

  1. (historical) Yugoslav