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Croatian, n. and a.|krəʊˈeɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
[f. mod.L. Croatia, f. Croatæ: see prec. and -ian.]
A. n.
a. A Croat.
b. The language of the Croats, belonging to the Balto-Slavic group.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Croatia or the Croats.
1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 290 The Bohemians, Croatians, and Sclauons. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 160 The Croatian Dog, resembling a Wolfe in haire and bignesse. 1748Johnson Van. Hum. Wishes 20 The fierce Croatian, and the wild Hussar. 1822[see Wend n. 2]. 1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 161/2 The Damascene plum furnishes the favourite drink of the Croatians. Ibid., The Croatian language is a dialect of the Sclavonian. 1876[see Slav n.].
1855Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 785/1 There are two main branches of Slavonic. The so-called Southern or South-Eastern branch embraces Russian, Ruthenian (in Galicia), Bulgarian, Servian, Croatian, and Slovenian. 1921Glasgow Herald 8 Jan. 6 Their intrigues with the Croatian separatists. 1936A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. iii. 70 The native product of Croatian culture. |