Croatia

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Croātia, equivalent to modern Croat + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃə/
• (America) IPA: /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃə/, /-ʃi.ə/

Proper noun

1. A country on the Balkan Peninsula. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

Related terms

• Croat
• Croatian

Translations

• French: Croatie
• German: Kroatien
• Italian: Croazia
• Portuguese: Croácia
• Russian: Хорва́тия
• Spanish: Croacia

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