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Croatia

/ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃə/

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British[kɹəwˈɛjʃə]

Croatia proper noun: a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

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Proper noun

Croatia

  1. A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.
    • The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021

Croatia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Croatia in Hindi

country in Europe
क्रोएशिया kroeśiyā

Croatia in Tamil

country in Europe
குரோவாசியா kurōvāciyā, குரோஷியா kurōṣiyā

Croatia in Marathi

country in Europe
क्रोएशिया kroeśiyā

Croatia in Urdu

country in Europe
کْرویشِیا kroeśiyā, خروتستان xirvatistān
More languagesFewer languages
Croatia in Bengali
ক্রোয়েশিয়া krōẇeśiẏa
Croatia in Telugu
క్రొఏశియా kroēśiyā
Croatia in Malayalam
ക്രൊയേഷ്യ kroyēṣya
Croatia in Kannada
ಕ್ರೊಯೆಶಿಯ kroyeśiya
Croatia in Punjabi
ਕ੍ਰੋਏਸ਼ੀਆ kroēśīā
Croatia in Gujarati
ક્રોએશિયા kroeśiyā
Croatia in Odia
କ୍ରୋଏସିଆ kroesiā
Croatia in Sinhala
ක්රොඒෂියාව kroēṣiyāwa
Croatia in Assamese
কোৰেছিয়া küresia
Croatia in Nepali
क्रोएसिया kroesiyā
Croatia in Pashto
کروېشيا krwešyā
Croatia in Tagalog
Kroasya
Croatia in Arabic
كُرُوَاتِيَا kuruwātiyā
Croatia in Malay
Croatia
Croatia in Indonesian
Kroasia
Croatia in Thai
โครเอเชีย kroo-ee-chiia
Croatia in Vietnamese
Crô-a-ti-a
Croatia in Myanmar
ခရိုအေးရှား hka.ruie:hra:
Dhivehi
ކުރޮއޭޝިއާ kuroēšiā
Dzongkha
ཀུརོ་ཤི་ཡ kuro shi ya

Forms of Croatia

alternative formCroätia

Origin of Croatia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Croātia, equivalent to modern Croat + -ia.

Words formed from Croatia

Phrases with Croatia

Questions about Croatia

What does Croatia mean?
Croatia means a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.
What is Croatia in Hindi?
Croatia in Hindi is क्रोएशिया (kroeśiyā). See Croatia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Croatia?
Croatia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Croatia?
Croatia is pronounced /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃə/ (UK).

Words near Croatia in the dictionary

  1. Croat.
  2. Croatan
  3. Croatan Island
  4. Croatan Sound
  5. Croatans
  6. Croatia
  7. Croatian
  8. Croatian checkerboard
  9. Croatian checkerboards
  10. Croatian chessboard
  11. Croatian chessboards

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Croatia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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