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

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

Etymology

Origin of Croatian

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

Example Sentences

Despite the often chaotic Croatian traffic and complicated intersections, Verne's head of country operations, Filip Cindric, said most rides are completed "without any intervention".

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

This is the largest single private investment in Croatian history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Under the terms of the agreement, Porsche will sell all of its 45 percent stake in Bugatti Rimac, a joint venture founded in 2021 with Croatian "supercar" manufacturer Rimac, which holds the remaining 55 percent.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Hungary's incoming prime minister says he wants to diversify Hungary's oil supplies, especially by making better use of an alternative pipeline from the Croatian island of Krk.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 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