A republic of the former Yugoslavia. Serbia is also, however, a name given to various kingdoms, autonomous regions and sections of empires, including the Byzantine, Ottoman and Hapsburg. Serbia is strongly identified with the Eastern Orthodox Church. The current incarnation of the age-old quest for Greater Serbia fueled the current carnage in the Balkans.

a former kindom in South Europe; now, with revised boundaries an independent republic, formerly part of Yugoslavia. Cap.: Belgrade.

a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia; Serbs settled the region in the 6th and 7th centuries

a small republican state in the Balkans which, together with the smaller republic of Montenegro, forms the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia (, ), is a landlocked country in Central and Southeastern Europe, covering the central part of the Balkan Peninsula and the southern part of the Pannonian Plain. It is bordered by Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; Albania and the Republic of Macedonia to the south; and Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west. The capital is Belgrade.