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

England passed the ball back to Jordan Pickford to entice Croatian pressure.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Croatian band Lelek also wore face paint, with symbols representing the resistance of Catholic women during the Ottoman Empire, a topic they addressed with haunting folkloric harmonies on their song Andromeda.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The agreement was also signed by her Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic on the sidelines of a Three Seas Initiative summit in Dubrovnik.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

This is the largest single private investment in Croatian history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

“We have Croatian deckhands on the ship. They don’t speak our language either, but somehow we communicate.”

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys