CROATIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Croatia mean? 

• CROATIA (noun)
  The noun CROATIA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991

  Familiarity information: CROATIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROATIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Croatia; Hrvatska; Republic of Croatia

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Croatia"):

Dubrovnik; Ragusa (a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center)

Split (an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea)

Zagreb (the capital of Croatia)

Meronyms (members of "Croatia"):

Croat; Croatian (a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia)

Holonyms ("Croatia" is a part of...):

Balkan Peninsula; Balkans (a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range)

Derivation:

Croatian (of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language)

 Context examples 

Negative growth rates are also occurring in Hungary and Croatia, but the decrease rate slowed down in 2008-2009 compared to 2007-2008.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

Denotes a person having origins in any of the countries of Eastern Europe such as Czechoslovakia, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Former Soviet Union, or Finland.

(Eastern European, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Croatia and Serbia.

(Bosnia and Herzegovina, NCI Thesaurus)