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Serbian

American  
[sur-bee-uhn] / ˈsɜr bi ən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Serbia, its inhabitants, or their language.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.

  2. Serbo-Croatian, especially as spoken and written in Serbia.

Serbian British  
/ ˈsɜːbɪən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Serbia, its people, or their language (formerly regarded as a dialect of Serbo-Croat)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the language spoken in Serbia

    1. a native or inhabitant of Serbia

    2. a speaker of the Serbian language

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Usage

See See at Bosnian

Other Word Forms

  • pseudo-Serbian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Serbian

First recorded in 1860–65; Serb + -ian

Example Sentences

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The KLA emerged in the 1990s in response to growing oppression of the ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo, then a Serbian province.

From Barron's

The Spaniard beat Serbian great Novak Djokovic in four sets in Sunday's Australian Open final, adding his first Melbourne crown to his Wimbledon, US Open and French Open titles.

From Barron's

In the space of 3 hours and 2 minutes, Alcaraz did to Djokovic precisely what the Serbian had done to so many others over the past two decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

Carlos Alcaraz swept past Novak Djokovic to win his first Australian Open on Sunday and become the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam, denying the Serbian great an unprecedented 25th major.

From Barron's

The Serbian big man did not miss a beat.

From Barron's