Fun Trivia : Yugoslavia (Former)

Structure Sub-topic of: European Quizzes Interesting Questions, Facts and Information There are a total of 10 general entries. Special Topics Srebrenica - Gendercide in Modern-Day Europe Dubrovnik - Pearl of the Adriatic Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Curious Serb Cultural History Medieval Serbian History The Civil War in Bosnia Serbia - East of West and West of East Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia

Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Yugoslavia (Former)

Austria first. Gradec in Slovenian language is called what in German ?

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Graz. In the 10th century AD the region along the southern border of Austria was part of Slovene Great Karantanija and today is inhabited by a Slovene minority (as well as Austrians). This territory was disputed between Yugoslavia and Austria after WWI. Austria acquired it through a referendum.



Beljak in Slovenian is called what in German?

Slavic Names of Cities near former Yugoslavia


Villach. The region is called Koruska in the Slovenian language.



Celovec is what in German?

Slavic Names of Cities near former Yugoslavia


Klagenfurt. Celovec, Beljak and Gradac (Klagenfurt, Villach and Graz) are main Slovene towns alogside Slovenian border. Laibach is German name for Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital.



Now to Italy. What is the Italian town of Gorizia called in Slovenian?

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Gorica. Gorica means 'a litlle mountain' in Slovenian. Postojna is famous cave system, Idria is a mercury mining town, both are in Slovenia. Gradiska is a border town on both sides of Italian-Slovenian border.



What Slovenians call Gradiska, Italians call what?

Slavic Names of Cities near former Yugoslavia


Gradisca. Gradisca means a 'small town' in Slovenian. All the other cities are in Italy.



To the east now. What is the Romanian city of Timisoara called in Serbian?

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Temisvar. Temisvar was the capital of Banat province of Austria-Hungary. It was inhabited by Hungarians, Romanians and Serbs. Today Romanians are the majority of the city's population. Kaposvar is in Hungary, Titograd is today's Podgorica. Beckerek is in Serbia.



In Albanian it is Shkodra. What it is called in Serbian?

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Skadar. Skadar has a long history of conquests. Founded in the 4th century B.C. as Scodra, it was first Illyrian, then Roman, Byzantine, Serbian (1040-1396), Venetian (1369-1479), Ottoman (1497-1913), Serbian (1913) and has been Albanian since then. Debar is in the FYR of Macedonia. Skradin is in Croatia.



What is the Serbian name for Albanian Korca?

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Gorica. Medieval Gorica belonged to Serbian landlord Radoslav Hlapan and it means 'small mountain'. Peshkopi is derived from Biskupija, a Bishop's place in the Serbian language. Albanian Berat is in Serbian Belgrad, the capital of Serbia. Bari is in Italy.



Now to Turkey. What is the city of Istanbul called in Serbian?

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Carigrad. Carigrad means the "Tsar's city" and the name is connected to the time when it was Greek Constantinople, the Byzantine capital.



And finally to Greece. Solun in Serbian is called what in Greek?

Slavic Names of Cities near former Yugoslavia


Thessaloniki. The Slovenes received Christianity from St. Cyril and St. Methodus, Greek missionaries from Thessaloniki, who took the language of Slovenes the at the time lived in areas surrounding the city. They devised an alphabet, which was later called Cyrillic alphabet. The first Slovene Bible was written in this script. The city is closely related to Serbian cultural and political history.