Meanings
proper noun
alternative archaic Servia
- A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.
The 153-page ruling from the International Court of Justice means that modern-day Serbia will not have to pay restitution to Croatia, which in 1991 split from what was then Yugoslavia.
2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN - A geographic region of Southeastern Europe.
Origin
- Medieval LatinSerbia
- Medieval LatinSerbia
- EnglishSerbia
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Serbia. By surface analysis, Serb + -ia.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Serwië
- Serwiëa country in Southeastern Europe
Arabic صِرْبِيَا, الصِّرْب
- صِرْبِيَا (ṣirbiyā)a country in Southeastern Europe
- الصِّرْب (aṣ-ṣirb)a country in Southeastern Europe
Basque Serbia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Bengali সার্বিয়া
- সার্বিয়া (śarbiẏa)a country in Southeastern Europe
Bulgarian Съ́рбия
- Съ́рбия (Sắrbija)a country in Southeastern Europe
Catalan Sèrbia
- Sèrbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Chinese Cantonese 塞爾維亞 /塞尔维亚
- 塞爾維亞 /塞尔维亚 (coi³ ji⁵ wai⁴ aa³)a country in Southeastern Europe
Chinese Mandarin 塞爾維亞 /塞尔维亚
- 塞爾維亞 /塞尔维亚 (Sài'ěrwéiyà)a country in Southeastern Europe
Czech Srbsko
- Srbskoa country in Southeastern Europe
Danish Serbien
- Serbiena country in Southeastern Europe
Dutch Servië
- Serviëa country in Southeastern Europe
Esperanto Serbio
- Serbioa country in Southeastern Europe
Estonian Serbia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Finnish Serbia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
French Serbie
- Serbiea country in Southeastern Europe
German Serbien
- Serbiena country in Southeastern Europe
Greek Σερβία
- Σερβία (Servía)a country in Southeastern Europe
Hebrew סֶרְבְּיָה
- סֶרְבְּיָה (serbiya)a country in Southeastern Europe
Hindi सर्बिया
- सर्बिया (sarbiyā)a country in Southeastern Europe
Hungarian Szerbia
- Szerbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Icelandic Serbía
- Serbíaa country in Southeastern Europe
Indonesian Serbia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Irish An tSeirbia
- An tSeirbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Italian Serbia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Japanese セルビア
- セルビア (Serubia)a country in Southeastern Europe
Korean 세르비아, 쓰르비아
- 세르비아 (Sereubia)a country in Southeastern Europe
- 쓰르비아 (Sseureubia)a country in Southeastern Europe
Latin Serbia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Latvian Serbija
- Serbijaa country in Southeastern Europe
Lithuanian Serbija
- Serbijaa country in Southeastern Europe
Malay Serbia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Māori Hēpia
- Hēpiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Serbia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Polish Serbia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Portuguese Sérvia
- Sérviaa country in Southeastern Europe
Punjabi ਸਰਬੀਆ
- ਸਰਬੀਆ (sarbīā)a country in Southeastern Europe
Romanian Serbia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
Russian Се́рбия
- Се́рбия (Sérbija)a country in Southeastern Europe
Slovak Srbsko
- Srbskoa country in Southeastern Europe
Spanish Serbia, Servia
- Serbiaa country in Southeastern Europe
- Serviaa country in Southeastern Europe
Swedish Serbien
- Serbiena country in Southeastern Europe
Tagalog Serbya, Serbiya
- Serbyaa country in Southeastern Europe
- Serbiyaa country in Southeastern Europe
Tamil செர்பியா
- செர்பியா (cerpiyā)a country in Southeastern Europe
Thai เซอร์เบีย
- เซอร์เบีย (səə-biia)a country in Southeastern Europe
Turkish Sırbistan
- Sırbistana country in Southeastern Europe
Ukrainian Се́рбія
- Се́рбія (Sérbija)a country in Southeastern Europe
Urdu سَرْبِیا, صَرْبِسْتان
- سَرْبِیا (sarbiyā)a country in Southeastern Europe
- صَرْبِسْتان (sarbistān)a country in Southeastern Europe
Vietnamese Xéc-bi
- Xéc-bia country in Southeastern Europe
Yiddish סערביע
- סערביע (serbye)a country in Southeastern Europe
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Serbia
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Cite this entry
APA
Serbia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Serbia
MLA
“Serbia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Serbia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Serbia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Serbia.
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