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What does Yugoslavia mean?

  1. The land of the Southern Slavs

  2. The land of the midnight sun

  3. The land of Yahoos

  4. The land of the rising sun
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Explanation

Yugoslavia literally means 'The land of the Southern Slavs' in South Slavic languages. The name 'Jug' comes from 'Južni' meaning Southern, and 'Slavija' refers to the Slavic people. The country was formed after World War I as a union of South Slavic peoples and existed until its breakup in the 1990s. The other options are poetic names for other countries - Norway (midnight sun) and Japan (rising sun).

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