Serbia
['sə:biə]
Definition
(noun.) a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries.
Checked by Cathy--From WordNet
Examples
- In 321 A.D. the Goths were again over the Danube, plundering what is now Serbia and Bulgaria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They also crossed the Danube in a great land raid in 247, and defeated and killed the Emperor Decius in what is now Serbia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Belgium, Serbia, and Roumania, and large areas of France and Russia, were occupied by Austro-German troops. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now the manifest failure of the British at Gallipoli, coupled with a strong Austro-German attack in Serbia, swung him over to the Central Powers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Belgium, Russia, Serbia, Poland, Armenia, Britain, Germany, and Austria had all suffered too, all mankind had suffered, but what would you? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Turkey turned for support to Germany, Serbia to Russia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 270 they were defeated at Nish in Serbia by Claudius, and in 276 they were raiding Pontus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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