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Definition of Croatia
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: European Country, European Nation
Group relationships: Balkan Peninsula, Balkans
Terms within: Dubrovnik, Ragusa, Split, Zagreb
Member holonyms: Croat, Croatian
Derivative terms: Croatian
Definition of Croatia
1. Proper noun. Country in Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Croatia
1. Created 7 april 1992 as a result of the division of yugoslavia. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croatia
Literary usage of Croatia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1893)
"HOME RULE IN Croatia. /Croatia possesses a form of Home Rule, in her relati V_y
Hungary and the Parliament of Hungary, which has salient points of ..."
2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"Presently Croatia won its independence of the Western Empire, ... But the kingdoms,
first of Croatia, then of Dalmatia, were presently swallowed up by the ..."
3. War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Helsinki Watch, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S., Ivana Nizich (1993)
""Ethnic Cleansing" in Serbian-Occupied Areas of Croatia and in the Republic of
Serbia During the war in Croatia, Serbian forces engaged in practices which ..."
4. Our Slavic Fellow Citizens by Emily Greene Balch (1910)
"The South Slavs The Croatians and Servians CHAPTER IX EMIGRATION FROM Croatia
With the Croatians we are in the midst of the world of the South Slavs. ..."
5. The Contemporary Review (1893)
"HOME RULE IN Croatia. /Croatia possesses a form of Home Rule, in her relati V_y
Hungary and the Parliament of Hungary, which has salient points of ..."
6. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"Presently Croatia won its independence of the Western Empire, ... But the kingdoms,
first of Croatia, then of Dalmatia, were presently swallowed up by the ..."
7. War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Helsinki Watch, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S., Ivana Nizich (1993)
""Ethnic Cleansing" in Serbian-Occupied Areas of Croatia and in the Republic of
Serbia During the war in Croatia, Serbian forces engaged in practices which ..."
8. Our Slavic Fellow Citizens by Emily Greene Balch (1910)
"The South Slavs The Croatians and Servians CHAPTER IX EMIGRATION FROM Croatia
With the Croatians we are in the midst of the world of the South Slavs. ..."