Croatian

American  

[kroh-ey-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

Etymology

Origin of Croatian

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Croatian Croatians

A huge right landed on the bell in the sixth and another followed in the seventh, yet the Croatian simply walked through them.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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

Zhuravlyov worked as an advisor for the film, according to media reports AFP was unable to immediately verify with German or Croatian authorities.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Mother of Sorrows,” translated from the Croatian by Matt Robinson, is told in short chapters from its various characters’ points of view.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Three years later a Croatian seismologist named Andrija Mohorovičić was studying graphs from an earthquake in Zagreb when he noticed a similar odd deflection, but at a shallower level.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Police have charged three foreign nationals – two Croatians and one Ukrainian – in absentia as part of their investigation.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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 Croatians went into this latest batch of qualifiers atop Group D, with the chance to put daylight between them and Turkey.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2023

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

To the east, in general, of the Teutonic race, though sometimes mixed with it, come the Slavonians, that is, the Russians, the Poles, the Czechs or Bohemians, the Serbians, Croatians, &c.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various