Croatian

//ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən// adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.

    "[A law] was enacted, controlling the guardianship of the language and the culture of the ‘Albanians, Catalans, Germanics, Greeks, Slovenians and Croatians and of those speaking French, French-Provencal, Friulan, Ladin, Occitan and Sardinian’[.]"

  2. 2
    a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.

    "Not only is the industry headed in that direction, but in 2021 Bugatti was spun off from Volkswagen Group and merged with Rimac, the Croatian company that makes the all-electric Rimac Nevera supercar."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats.
  2. 2
    Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Croatia. historical

Synonyms

All synonyms
croatcroat

Example

More examples

"Do you think Croatian is an interesting language?"

Etymology

From Croat + -ian or Croatia + -an.

Related phrases

Croatian Community of Herzeg-BosniaCroatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosniaserbo croatian

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