Meanings
proper noun
alternative Croätia
- A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.
The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.
2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2021
Origin
- Proto-Slavic*xъrvatъ
- Old Church SlavonicХръватъ (Xrŭvatŭ)
- Ancient GreekΧρωβάτος (Khrōbátos)
- Ancient GreekΧρωβατία (Khrōbatía)
- Medieval LatinCroātia
- EnglishCroatia
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Croātia, equivalent to modern Croat + -ia.
More words from Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Kroasië
- Kroasiëcountry in Europe
Ancient Greek Χρωβατία
- Χρωβατία (Khrōbatía)country in Europe
Arabic كُرُوَاتِيَا
- كُرُوَاتِيَا (kuruwātiyā)country in Europe
Basque Kroazia
- Kroaziacountry in Europe
Bengali ক্রোয়েশিয়া
- ক্রোয়েশিয়া (krōẇeśiẏa)country in Europe
Bulgarian Хърва́тия, Хърватска
- Хърва́тия (Hărvátija)country in Europe
- Хърватска (Hărvatska)country in Europe
Catalan Croàcia
- Croàciacountry in Europe
Chinese Cantonese 克羅地亞 /克罗地亚
- 克羅地亞 /克罗地亚 (hak¹ lo⁴ dei⁶ aa³)country in Europe
Chinese Mandarin 克羅地亞 /克罗地亚, 克羅埃西亞 /克罗埃西亚
- 克羅地亞 /克罗地亚 (Kèluódìyà)country in Europe
- 克羅埃西亞 /克罗埃西亚 (Kèluó'āixīyà)country in Europe
Czech Chorvatsko
- Chorvatskocountry in Europe
Danish Kroatien
- Kroatiencountry in Europe
Dutch Kroatië
- Kroatiëcountry in Europe
Esperanto Kroatio, Kroatujo
- Kroatiocountry in Europe
- Kroatujocountry in Europe
Estonian Horvaatia
- Horvaatiacountry in Europe
Finnish Kroatia
- Kroatiacountry in Europe
French Croatie
- Croatiecountry in Europe
German Kroatien
- Kroatiencountry in Europe
Greek Κροατία
- Κροατία (Kroatía)country in Europe
Hawaiian Koloatia
- Koloatiacountry in Europe
Hebrew קְרוֹאַטְיָה
- קְרוֹאַטְיָה (kroátya)country in Europe
Hindi क्रोएशिया
- क्रोएशिया (kroeśiyā)country in Europe
Hungarian Horvátország
- Horvátországcountry in Europe
Icelandic Króatía
- Króatíacountry in Europe
Indonesian Kroasia
- Kroasiacountry in Europe
Irish an Chróit
- an Chróitcountry in Europe
Italian Croazia
- Croaziacountry in Europe
Japanese クロアチア
- クロアチア (Kuroachia)country in Europe
Korean 크로아티아, 흐르바쯔까
- 크로아티아 (Keuroatia)country in Europe
- 흐르바쯔까 (Heureubajjeukka)country in Europe
- 호르바찌아 (Horeubajjia)country in Europe
- 크로아찌아 (Keuroajjia)country in Europe
Latin Croātia
- Croātiacountry in Europe
Latvian Horvātija
- Horvātijacountry in Europe
Lithuanian Kroatija
- Kroatijacountry in Europe
Malay Croatia
- Croatiacountry in Europe
Māori Koroātia
- Koroātiacountry in Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Kroatia
- Kroatiacountry in Europe
Polish Chorwacja
- Chorwacjacountry in Europe
Portuguese Croácia
- Croáciacountry in Europe
Punjabi ਕ੍ਰੋਏਸ਼ੀਆ
- ਕ੍ਰੋਏਸ਼ੀਆ (kroēśīā)country in Europe
Romanian Croația
- Croațiacountry in Europe
Russian Хорва́тия
- Хорва́тия (Xorvátija)country in Europe
Scottish Gaelic A' Chròthais
- A' Chròthaiscountry in Europe
Slovak Chorvátsko
- Chorvátskocountry in Europe
Spanish Croacia
- Croaciacountry in Europe
Swahili Korasia
- Korasiacountry in Europe
Swedish Kroatien
- Kroatiencountry in Europe
Tagalog Kroasya
- Kroasyacountry in Europe
Tamil குரோவாசியா, குரோஷியா
- குரோவாசியா (kurōvāciyā)country in Europe
- குரோஷியா (kurōṣiyā)country in Europe
Thai โครเอเชีย
- โครเอเชีย (kroo-ee-chiia)country in Europe
Turkish Hırvatistan
- Hırvatistancountry in Europe
Ukrainian Хорва́тія
- Хорва́тія (Xorvátija)country in Europe
Urdu کْرویشِیا, خروتستان
- کْرویشِیا (kroeśiyā)country in Europe
- خروتستان (xirvatistān)country in Europe
Vietnamese Crô-a-ti-a
- Crô-a-ti-acountry in Europe
Welsh Croatia
- Croatiacountry in Europe
Yiddish קראָאַטיע
- קראָאַטיע (kroatye)country in Europe
Zulu iKrowati
- iKrowaticountry in Europe
Cite this entry
APA
Croatia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Croatia
MLA
“Croatia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Croatia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Croatia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Croatia.
Source: Croatia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.