CROATIAN

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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 

• CROATIAN (noun)

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)

• CROATIAN (adjective)

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)