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Krk

Krk proper noun: an island of the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of Croatia.

Proper noun (1)

Krk

  1. An island of the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of Croatia.
  2. A town on Krk, Croatia, named after and located on the eponymous island.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: KRK

KRK

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Kot Radha Kishan; A city in Kot Radha Kishan, Kasur district, Punjab, Pakistan.

Synonyms of Krk

Origin of Krk

From Serbo-Croatian Krk. Apparently from Byzantine Greek Κύρικον (Kúrikon) or Latin Curicum. Not from Latin Curicta and Ancient Greek Κυρικτική (Kuriktikḗ), as this does not work phonologically.

Questions about Krk

What does Krk mean?
Krk means an island of the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of Croatia.
What part of speech is Krk?
Krk is a proper noun.

Words near Krk in the dictionary

  1. Krizan
  2. Krizans
  3. Krizelman
  4. Krizes
  5. Križ
  6. Krk
  7. Krnjak
  8. Krnov
  9. Kroat
  10. Kroatian
  11. Kroatians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Krk (page history and authors); KRK (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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