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South Slavia is the English equivalent of the name Yugoslavia (Serbian-Montenegrin, Croatian, Macedonian, Bosnian and Slovenian : Jugoslavija) ('jugo' mean south and 'Slavija' meaning Slavia). The country at first was called 'kingdom of the serbs, croats and Slovenes' it would later be called Jugosalvija because of its Slavic location. Over the years of it exsistance it was not realised as South Slavia in any English speaking countries, the name Yugoslavia was formed from the proununctation of Jugoslavija The J's are prounouced as Y's in South slavic countrys