Croatian
proper noun
- South Slavic language
- person from Croatia
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃən/ / /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
adj
Etymology: From Croat + -ian or Croatia + -an.
- 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.”
name
Etymology: From Croat + -ian or Croatia + -an.
- A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats.
- Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Croatia.
noun
Etymology: From Croat + -ian or Croatia + -an.
- 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’[.]”
“Serbian forces committed egregious violent acts against ethnic Croatians in the early 1990s, but they don’t equate to genocide, a U.N. court ruled Tuesday.”