Editing Serbia (section)

==Etymology==
{{see also|Names of the Serbs and Serbia|Origin hypotheses of the Serbs}}
The origin of the name ''Serbia'' is unclear. Historically, authors have mentioned the [[Serbs]] ({{langx|sr|Srbi}} / Срби) and the [[Sorbs]] of Eastern Germany ([[Upper Sorbian language|Upper Sorbian]]: ''Serbja''; [[Lower Sorbian language|Lower Sorbian]]: ''Serby'') in a variety of ways: [[Triballi]], C''ervetiis'' (''Servetiis''), ''gentis {{Not a typo|(S)urbiorum}}'', ''Suurbi'', ''Sorabi'', ''Soraborum'', ''Sorabos'', ''Surpe'', ''Sorabici'', ''Sorabiet'', ''Sarbin'', ''Swrbjn'', ''Servians'', ''Sorbi'', ''Sirbia, Sribia, Zirbia, Zribia'', ''Suurbelant'', ''Surbia'', ''Serbulia'' / ''Sorbulia'' among others.<ref>{{cite book|last=Petković|first=Živko D.|title=Prve pojave srpskog imena |language= |trans-title=The first occurrences of the Serbian name |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NIozAAAAIAAJ|year=1926 |location=Belgrade |publisher=Štampa Tucović |page=9}}</ref><ref name="Łuczyński" /><ref name="Schuster">{{cite web|last=Schuster-Šewc|first=Heinz|title=Порекло и историја етнонима Serb "Лужички Србин"|publisher=Пројекат Растко – Будишин|translator=Petrović, Tanja|website=rastko.rs|language=sr|url=http://www.rastko.rs/rastko-lu/jezik/hsuster-srbin.html|access-date=26 June 2017|archive-date=13 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913181547/http://rastko.rs/rastko-lu/jezik/hsuster-srbin.html|url-status=live}}</ref> These authors used these names to refer to Serbs and Sorbs in areas where their historical and current presence is not disputable (notably in the [[Balkans]] and [[Lusatia]]). However, there are also sources that have used similar names in other parts of the world (most notably in the Asiatic [[Sarmatia]] in the [[Caucasus]]).

There exist two prevailing theories about the origin of the ethnonym ''*Sŕbъ'' (plur. ''*Sŕby''), one from a [[Proto-Slavic language]] with an appellative meaning of a "family kinship" and "alliance", while another from an [[Sarmatians|Iranian-Sarmatian]] [[Scythian languages|language]] with various meanings.<ref name="Łuczyński">{{cite journal |last=Łuczyński |first=Michal |date=2017 |title="Geograf Bawarski" — nowe odczytania |trans-title="Bavarian Geographer" — New readings |url=https://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/show-content/publication/edition/64469?id=64469 |language=pl |journal=Polonica |volume=XXXVII |issue=37 |page=71 |doi=10.17651/POLON.37.9 |access-date=4 August 2020 |issn=0137-9712 |archive-date=31 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831014203/https://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/show-content/publication/edition/64469?id=64469 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Rudnicki1959">{{cite book|last=Rudnicki|first=Mikołaj|author-link=Mikołaj Rudnicki|title=Prasłowiańszczyzna, Lechia-Polska|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9IeAAAAMAAJ|year=1959|publisher=Państwowe wydawn. naukowe, Oddzia ︢w Poznaniu|language=pl|page=182|access-date=17 October 2020|archive-date=31 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831013305/https://books.google.com/books?id=R9IeAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> In his work, ''[[De Administrando Imperio]]'', [[Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus]] suggests that the Serbs originated from [[White Serbia]] near [[Francia]].

From 1815 to 1882, the official name for Serbia was the [[Principality of Serbia]]. From 1882 to 1918, it was renamed to the [[Kingdom of Serbia]], later from 1945 to 1963, the official name for Serbia was the People's Republic of Serbia. This was again renamed the [[Socialist Republic of Serbia]] from 1963 to 1990. Since 1990, the official name of the country has been the Republic of Serbia.