Croatian

American  

[kroh-ay-shuhn, -shee-uhn] / kroʊˈeɪ ʃən, -ʃi ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Croatia, its people, or their language.

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noun

• Croatians
  plural

1. a Croat.

2. Serbo-Croatian as spoken and written in Croatia, differing from Serbian chiefly in its use of the Latin alphabet.

Croatian British  

/ krəʊˈeɪʃən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language

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noun

1. the language that is spoken in Croatia, formerly regarded as a dialect of Serbo-Croat (Croato-Serb)

2. 1. a native or inhabitant of Croatia

   2. a speaker of Croatian

Usage

See See at Bosnian

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Croatians
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Croatian

First recorded in 1545–55; Croati(a) + -an

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Example Sentences

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Croatian Croatians

There’s a Czech version of “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” a Croatian “California Dreamin’,” a Polish “Strangers in the Night.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

England's front four will share praise for the way in which they demolished the Croatian backline.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The research was carried out through a collaboration between the Department for Underwater Archaeology of the Croatian Conservation Institute and the 'ADRIBOATS' program of the Centre Camille Jullian at Aix-Marseille University in France.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Croatian firefighters were tackling "one of the worst" wildfires in the country's history, fire chief Slavko Tucakovic said, as flames engulfed homes and injured 19 people on the coast.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Dear Diary, Today I went to the Croatian Hall with Zlata and met a little boy named Tony who lived a nightmare because he is Croatian.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

Hundreds of teenage Croatians have reported for compulsory military service – for the first time since their country scrapped the requirement in 2008.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

DD said most Croatians were "generally friendly", but without the ability to speak the local language, he had struggled to fit in.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

The amendment - which would also add a formal mention of other groups, including Croatians, Montenegrins, Slovenians and Jews - requires an enhanced two-thirds Parliamentary majority for approval.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

Jure Bracanovic, 59, one of the few Croatians still working at the restaurant, told me that nothing is more Dalmatian than fresh fish on the grill, one of Tadich’s specialties.

From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

German, 4.66% was Czech, and the remainder was composed of Poles, Slovaks, Ruthenians, Croatians and Italians.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

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