Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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Definition

Proper noun: A former country in southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. It existed from 1992 to 2003 and was a federation comprising the republics of Serbia and Montenegro. It was one of the successor states of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Usage

The term is used historically to refer to this specific political entity during its existence. * Following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. * The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was admitted to the United Nations in 2000.

Advanced Usage
  • The name Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was officially changed to "Serbia and Montenegro" in 2003.
  • It is often abbreviated as FRY in historical and political texts.
Variants and Related Words
  • Serbia and Montenegro: The name adopted by the state union that succeeded the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 2003 to 2006.
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY): The former Yugoslav state that existed from 1945 until its dissolution in the early 1990s.
  • Successor state: A term used to describe the countries that emerged from the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia, including the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Synonyms
  • FRY (acronym)
  • Yugoslavia (in the specific historical context post-1992; this usage can be ambiguous without clarification, as it more commonly refers to the pre-1992 state)
Noun
  1. 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

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