Serbian
From the Balkans
Serbian refers to Serbia, a country in southeastern Europe, or its people, language, and culture.
The Serbian language is a South Slavic tongue, mutually intelligible with Croatian and Bosnian, written in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts.
As a noun, a Serbian is a person from Serbia: My grandfather was Serbian.
Serbian Orthodox designates the national church.
Former South Slav federation
- BelgradeSerbia's main city
- KosovoPartially recognized Balkan state
- MontenegroBalkan republic, Adriatic coast
- BosniaSoutheastern European region
Croatia · Danube · Tito · nationalism · dissolution · independence · diaspora · embargo
EV manufacturer and surname
- rakijaBalkan fruit brandy
- ćevapiGrilled minced meat rolls
- folk musicCommunity-born acoustic songs
- traditional dressCulturally specific attire
Slavic alphabet system
- Latin scriptWestern alphabetic writing system
- casesContainers or instances
- declensionNoun form variation
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
phonology · vocabulary · dialect · standardization · literary · dictionary · alphabet · transliteration
Male head of family
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- monasteriesResidences for religious brothers
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
Balkan ethnic group
- identityWho someone is
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- minoritySmaller part of whole
emigration · diaspora · ancestry · heritage · assimilation · nationalism · census · demographics
Yugoslavia
Former South Slav federation
- BelgradeSerbia's main city
- KosovoPartially recognized Balkan state
- MontenegroBalkan republic, Adriatic coast
Bosnia · Croatia · Danube · Tito · nationalism · dissolution · independence · diaspora · embargo · refugees
Tesla
EV manufacturer and surname
- rakijaBalkan fruit brandy
- ćevapiGrilled minced meat rolls
- folk musicCommunity-born acoustic songs
Cyrillic
Slavic alphabet system
- Latin scriptWestern alphabetic writing system
- casesContainers or instances
- declensionNoun form variation
grammar · phonology · vocabulary · dialect · standardization · literary · dictionary · alphabet · transliteration · native speakers
patriarch
Male head of family
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- monasteriesResidences for religious brothers
- liturgyFormal worship structure
hagiography · relics · saints · medieval · theocracy · Christmas · Easter
Serbs
Balkan ethnic group
- identityWho someone is
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- populationAll inhabitants combined
minority · emigration · diaspora · ancestry · heritage · assimilation · nationalism · census · demographics
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- Indo-European LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Spanish, Italian
- Slavic cultureRussian, Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, Croatian
- Mediterranean languagesFrench, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Romanian
- Adriatic linguisticsCroatian, Slovenian, Italian, Bosnian, Montenegrin
- Serbo-CroatianCroatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Latin script, standard language