Citizen of a former Balkan republic (Y, not J) (8)

I believe the answer is:

yugoslav

(Other definitions for yugoslav that I've seen before include "Guy's oval (anag.)" , "Former European" , "National of former Balkan republic" , "Former Belgrade native" , "Balkan native" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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