REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Croatia mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF CROATIA (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF 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: REPUBLIC OF CROATIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF 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 "Republic 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 "Republic of Croatia"):

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

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

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