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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

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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 (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)

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