By Dee Rivers
Overheard: “Serbia … it used to be Yugoslavia, right?”
Well, yes, but long before it was Yugoslavia, it was Serbia.
In fact, it became Serbia in 1166 and stayed Serbia until 1918, when post-war gerrymanders proclaimed that six Slavic countries in Southeast Europe had become one and created the name “Yugoslavia”, by combining the Slavic words "jug" (south) and "slaveni" (Slavs).