Etymology

Opatija

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Today it means: A city in Croatia. Full definition →

Serbo-Croatian Opàtija ← Italian Abbazia ← Late Latin abbātia
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromabbātia“abbey”
  2. Italian · derived fromAbbazia“Opatija”
  3. Serbo-Croatian · derived fromOpàtija
  4. English todayOpatija

From Serbo-Croatian Opàtija, from Italian Abbazia (“Opatija”), from abbazia (“abbey”), from Late Latin abbātia (“abbey”). Doublet of abbey and abbacy.

Words from the same roots

Late Latinabbātia all →

abbacy

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