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Croatian checkerboard

/ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən ˈtʃɛkɚbɔːd/

Croatian checkerboard noun: a red and white chequy design used in the Croatian coat of arms and flag.

Noun

Croatian checkerboard (plural Croatian checkerboards)

  1. (rare) A red and white chequy design used in the Croatian coat of arms and flag.
    • In July 1992, with fierce fighting under way across Bosnia, the HDZ hard-liners called to life the parastate they dubbed Herzeg-Bosna, a renegade Croat enclave in West Herzegovina that flew the Croatian checkerboard flag, did business with ...2003, Paul Hockenos, Homeland Calling: Exile Patriotism & the Balkan Wars
    • If one is to think that Croatia would not fight back once it was in a position to be able to do so is completely absurd. Even worse is Plotz's assessment that Tudjman resurrected Ustasa symbols, such as the Croatian checkerboard flag.2011, Branko Belan, In the Name of Independence: The Unmaking of Tito's Yugoslavia

Examples of Croatian checkerboard in a sentence

  • Liberation Struggle with the Croatian checkerboard coat-of- arms and inscriptions dedicated to the Croatian nation2012, Daniel Šuber, Slobodan Karamanic, Retracing Images: Visual Culture after Yugoslavia:
  • Across the cornfields, in the predominantly Croat settlement of Borovo Naselje, people had hung out the Croatian checkerboard.2013, Michael Dobbs, Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire:

Synonyms of Croatian checkerboard

Forms of Croatian checkerboard

pluralCroatian checkerboards

Questions about Croatian checkerboard

What does Croatian checkerboard mean?
Croatian checkerboard means a red and white chequy design used in the Croatian coat of arms and flag.
How do you use Croatian checkerboard in a sentence?
Liberation Struggle with the Croatian checkerboard coat-of- arms and inscriptions dedicated to the Croatian nation
What part of speech is Croatian checkerboard?
Croatian checkerboard is a noun.
How do you pronounce Croatian checkerboard?
Croatian checkerboard is pronounced /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən ˈtʃɛkɚbɔːd/.
What is the plural of Croatian checkerboard?
The plural of Croatian checkerboard is Croatian checkerboards.

Words near Croatian checkerboard in the dictionary

  1. Croatan Island
  2. Croatan Sound
  3. Croatans
  4. Croatia
  5. Croatian
  6. Croatian checkerboard
  7. Croatian checkerboards
  8. Croatian chessboard
  9. Croatian chessboards
  10. Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia
  11. Croatian Military Frontier

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