Serbo-
Serbian; Serbian and …
[English Serbia, plus -o-.]
The most common terms here are Serbo-Croat and Serbo-Croatian, relating to Serbia and Croatia or their common language. Other examples refer to Serbia plus another country: Serbo-Albanian, Serbo-Bulgarian, Serbo-Greek.
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