Serbians is a word of
English languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
which could have multiple related meanings.
It could be used
synonymSynonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn and onoma . The words car and automobile are synonyms...
ously with
SerbsSerbs are a South Slavic people living in the Central Europe and the Balkans , between the Balkan- and Carpathian mountains in the east and the Adriatic sea in the west. They are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia...
, however it could also be used as the translation of Serbian word
Србијанци (
Srbijanci), especially when distinction is made between the two. In a similar way,
adjectiveIn grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's referent...
s "Serb" and "Serbian" could be used to mean "of
SerbsSerbs are a South Slavic people living in the Central Europe and the Balkans , between the Balkan- and Carpathian mountains in the east and the Adriatic sea in the west. They are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia...
" and "of
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country located in both Central and Southeastern Europe. Its territory covers the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and central part of the Balkans...
", respectively, though they too are used interchangeably.
In Serbian language,
Srbijanci are Serbs from
Central SerbiaCentral Serbia , also referred to as Serbia proper or Narrower Serbia , is the region of Serbia that lies outside the autonomous province of Vojvodina and the disputed region of Kosovo.-Political status:...
, or broader, from
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country located in both Central and Southeastern Europe. Its territory covers the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and central part of the Balkans...
.
Serbians is a word of
English languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
which could have multiple related meanings.
It could be used
synonymSynonyms are different words with identical or very similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn and onoma . The words car and automobile are synonyms...
ously with
SerbsSerbs are a South Slavic people living in the Central Europe and the Balkans , between the Balkan- and Carpathian mountains in the east and the Adriatic sea in the west. They are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia...
, however it could also be used as the translation of Serbian word
Србијанци (
Srbijanci), especially when distinction is made between the two. In a similar way,
adjectiveIn grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's referent...
s "Serb" and "Serbian" could be used to mean "of
SerbsSerbs are a South Slavic people living in the Central Europe and the Balkans , between the Balkan- and Carpathian mountains in the east and the Adriatic sea in the west. They are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia...
" and "of
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country located in both Central and Southeastern Europe. Its territory covers the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and central part of the Balkans...
", respectively, though they too are used interchangeably.
In Serbian language,
Srbijanci are Serbs from
Central SerbiaCentral Serbia , also referred to as Serbia proper or Narrower Serbia , is the region of Serbia that lies outside the autonomous province of Vojvodina and the disputed region of Kosovo.-Political status:...
, or broader, from
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country located in both Central and Southeastern Europe. Its territory covers the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and central part of the Balkans...
. All Srbijanci are Serbs, but not all Serbs are Srbijanci (ex. Vojvodjani are Serbians from Vojvodina, Kosovci are Serbs from Kosovo etc.) An English speaker might use the word "Serbians" to mean "Serbs", or might use precise meaning of "Serb from central Serbia". Further confusions issues as in English the word "Serbs" may be used to refer to ethnic Serbs, or to citizens of Serbia regardless of their ethnicity, and going from there, word "Serbians" could be used in the same way.
Regardless of this
controversyControversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of opinion, but sometimes the allegation that a matter of scientific fact is no better than opinion or even religious belief, as in the controversy between evolutionary biology and Creationism or Intelligent...
, some recent voices propose that the term
Srbijanci is to be used to designate citizens of Serbia regardless of their ethnicity, similarly to one of the meanings of the word
Serbians in English.
See also
- Demographic history of Kosovo
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Kosovo, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
- Demographic history of Vojvodina
Vojvodina's demographic history reflects its rich history and its former location at the border of the Ottoman and Habsburg empires and at the confluence of various peoples, making it a hotbed of invasion, colonization, and assimilation processes...
- Demographics of Serbia
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Serbia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
and Demographic history of SerbiaThis article presents the demographic history of Serbia through census results. See Demographics of Serbia for a more detailed overview of the current demographics from 2002 census.- 1349-1354 :...
- Rossiyane, a similar concept used in Russia
Russia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
- Serbomans
Serbomans is a Bulgarian-Macedonian term for people who live in the region of Macedonia and are of local origin, but claim they are of Serbian ethnicity, supported the Serbian national idea or officially declare themselves as Serbs. It is most often used pejoratively...
- Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs Yugoslavs Yugoslavs (Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni/Jugoslovani,
[Latin script was used in Serbo-Croat, and Slovene languages. Identical spelling is used in the Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic script (Serbian variant)...]