Zagreb

American

[zah-greb] / ˈzɑ grɛb /

noun

a city in and the capital of Croatia, in the northwestern part.

Zagreb British

/ ˈzɑːɡrɛb /

noun

German name: Agram. the capital of Croatia, on the River Sava; gothic cathedral; university (1874); industrial centre. Pop: 685 000 (2005 est)

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Only Scott McKenna - an unused sub as Croatian league leaders Dinamo Zagreb beat Lokomotiva - did not play in his club side's latest game among Pocognoli's defensive options.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The crowd had made its allegiances clear after a fiery build-up which included Itauma shoving Hrgovic, the Zagreb man slapping him back and plenty of verbal sparring.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

And in an account of a much later game—Dinamo Zagreb vs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

With 30 additional cities now being considered, Cindric said he was proud that Zagreb was the first to make it happen.

From Barron's ● May 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

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