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Dictionary entry overview: What does Croatian mean?
• CROATIAN (noun)
The noun CROATIAN has 1 sense:
1. a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia
Familiarity information: CROATIAN used as a noun is very rare.
• CROATIAN (adjective)
The adjective CROATIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language
Familiarity information: CROATIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Slavic people living in Croatia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Croat; Croatian
Hypernyms ("Croatian" is a kind of...):
Slav (any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language)
Holonyms ("Croatian" is a member of...):
Croatia; Hrvatska; Republic of Croatia (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)
Derivation:
Croatian (of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Croatian villages
Pertainym:
Croatia (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)
Derivation:
Croatia (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)
Croatian (a member of the Slavic people living in Croatia)
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