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Cetina

Cetina proper noun: a river in Croatia.

Proper noun (1)

Cetina

  1. A river in Croatia.

Proper noun (2)

Cetina (plural Cetinas)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Cetina

pluralCetinas

Origin of Cetina

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Cetina.

Three possible origins: * Borrowed from Spanish Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Aragona. * Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Croatia or from the river which flows by it. * Borrowed from Slovene Četina, a nickname for a hairy or bearded man, from a dialect form of ščetina (“bristle”).

Questions about Cetina

What does Cetina mean?
Cetina means a river in Croatia.
What part of speech is Cetina?
Cetina is a proper noun.

Words near Cetina in the dictionary

  1. ceticide
  2. ceticides
  3. cetiedil
  4. cetilistat
  5. cetin
  6. Cetina
  7. Cetinas
  8. cetineite
  9. Cetingrad
  10. Cetinje
  11. cetiosaur

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