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In the work About the Vlachs (1806), Metropolitan Stevan Stratimirović stated that Roman Catholics from Croatia and Slavonia scornfully used the name "Vlach" for "the Slovenians (Slavs) and Serbs, who are of our, Eastern [Orthodox] confession", and that "the Turks (Muslims) in Bosnia and Serbia also call every Bosnian or Serbian Christian a ...
The international name Slivovitz is derived from Serbian. [202] Plum and its products are of great importance to Serbs and part of numerous customs. [203] A Serbian meal usually starts or ends with plum products and Šljivovica is served as an aperitif. [203] A saying goes that the best place to build a house is where a plum tree grows best. [203]
"For King and Fatherland" (За краља и отачаствo / Za kralja i otačastvo), motto of the Royal Serbian Army, found on regimental infantry flags. [6] "For the Faith, King and Fatherland" (За веру, краља и отачаство / Za veru, kralja i otačastvo), motto of the Royal Serbian Army, found on regimental cavalry flags.
Only Unity Saves the Serbs (Serbian: Само слога Србина спасава, romanized: Samo sloga Srbina spasava, [a] commonly abbreviated as СССС) is a popular motto and slogan in Serbia and among Serbs, often used as a rallying call during times of national crisis and against foreign domination.
Early historical mentions of other Serb-sounding names that some researchers are trying to connect with the Serb people. In the same book where he mentioned people named Serboi, Claudius Ptolemy also mentioned city named Serbinum in Pannonia. [6] Ancient geographer Strabo mentioned that river Xanthos in Lycia was formerly named Sirbis. [7]
In Serbian, Montenegrin and Bosnian, it is impersonal, like the French il faut, or the English construct is necessary (to); the grammatical subject is either omitted (it), or presents the object of needing; the person that needs something is an indirect grammatical object, in the dative case. [33]
A large part of the Serb population was expelled or forced to flee in order to survive. [73] Serbian estimations put the number of expelled at around 100,000; an estimated 40,000 from the Italian-occupation zone, 30,000 from the German zone, and 25,000 from the Bulgarian zone. [74]
The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbian Cyrillic: Срби Босне и Херцеговине, romanized: Srbi Bosne i Hercegovine), often referred to as Bosnian Serbs (Serbian Cyrillic: босански Срби, romanized: bosanski Srbi) or Herzegovinian Serbs (Serbian Cyrillic: херцеговачких Срби, romanized: hercegovačkih Srbi), are native and one of the three ...