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

Osaka followed her entrance with a dramatic first-round performance against Croatian world number 65 Ruzic, who was celebrating her 23rd birthday.

From BBC

Those jobs attracted a new kind of refugee, as immigrants arrived from across Europe, building a German Catholic church only a short distance from the Polish, Croatian, Irish and Belgian Catholic churches.

From The Wall Street Journal

But there are also multiple music stages, craft stalls, vendors offering traditional Croatian food, art installations, and an enormous ice rink.

From BBC

The research was made possible through significant competitive funding, including the European Research Council's Synergy Grant, the Croatian Science Foundation, Swiss Croatian bilateral projects, and EU development programs.

From Science Daily

A former Croatian lawmaker and his son were charged with producing over a million fake Covid-19 tests and selling them across several European countries during the pandemic, prosecutors said Wednesday.

From Barron's