Meanings
- The capital and largest city of Croatia.
With the help of a friend from Zagreb, he found a map showing the locations of all the monuments and painstakingly sought them out, discovering while doing so that most of the thousands of Spomeniks had been deliberately destroyed.
2013 June 18, Joshua Surtees, “Spomeniks: the second world war memorials that look like alien art”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Feb 20181 more example
“The theatre was bought by the Croatian immigrants as so many immigrants came here in the ’30s and mostly for mining jobs, but in Schumacher itself it was called little Zagreb, and Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia. There were so many of them that they wanted to have their own little community, so they bought the theatre and they renovated it at that time, remodelled it and made it into a Croatian Hall,” she explained.
2020 September 29, Richa Bhosale, “Croatian Hall in need of repairs to remain open”, in Timmins Daily Press, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2021- metonymicallyThe Croatian government.
- A county of Croatia.
Synonyms: Zagrebačka
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA county of Croatia.
Origin
- Serbo-CroatianZágreb
- Serbo-CroatianZágreb
- EnglishZagreb
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Zágreb.
More words from Serbo-Croatian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Arabic زَغْرِب, زَاغْرِب
- زَغْرِب (zaḡrib)capital of Croatia
- زَاغْرِب (zāḡrib)capital of Croatia
- زَجْرِب (zagrib)capital of Croatia
- زَاجْرِب (zāgrib)capital of Croatia
Bengali জাগরেব
- জাগরেব (jagreb)capital of Croatia
Bulgarian За́греб
- За́греб (Zágreb)capital of Croatia
Catalan Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Chinese Cantonese 薩格勒布 /萨格勒布
- 薩格勒布 /萨格勒布 (saat³ gaak³ lak⁶ bou³)capital of Croatia
Chinese Mandarin 薩格勒布 /萨格勒布
- 薩格勒布 /萨格勒布 (Sàgélèbù)capital of Croatia
Czech Záhřeb
- Záhřebcapital of Croatia
Danish Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Dutch Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Esperanto Zagrebo
- Zagrebocapital of Croatia
Estonian Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Finnish Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
French Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
German Zagreb, Agram
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
- Agramcapital of Croatia
Greek Ζάγκρεμπ
- Ζάγκρεμπ (Zágkremp)capital of Croatia
Hebrew זאגרב \ זַגְרֶבּ
- זאגרב \ זַגְרֶבּ (zágreb)capital of Croatia
Hindi ज़ाग्रेब
- ज़ाग्रेब (zāgreb)capital of Croatia
Hungarian Zágráb
- Zágrábcapital of Croatia
Icelandic Sagreb
- Sagrebcapital of Croatia
Indonesian Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Irish Ságrab
- Ságrabcapital of Croatia
Italian Zagabria
- Zagabriacapital of Croatia
Japanese ザグレブ
- ザグレブ (Zagurebu)capital of Croatia
Korean 자그레브
- 자그레브 (Jageurebeu)capital of Croatia
Latin Zagrabia
- Zagrabiacapital of Croatia
Latvian Zagreba
- Zagrebacapital of Croatia
Lithuanian Zagrebas
- Zagrebascapital of Croatia
Malay Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Norwegian Bokmål Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Persian زاگرب
- زاگرب (zâgreb)capital of Croatia
Polish Zagrzeb
- Zagrzebcapital of Croatia
Portuguese Zagreb, Zagrebe
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
- Zagrebecapital of Croatia
- Zagábriacapital of Croatia
Romanian Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Russian За́греб
- За́греб (Zágreb)capital of Croatia
Slovak Záhreb
- Záhrebcapital of Croatia
Spanish Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Swedish Zagreb
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
Tamil சாகிரேப்
- சாகிரேப் (cākirēp)capital of Croatia
Thai ซาเกร็บ
- ซาเกร็บ (saa-grép)capital of Croatia
Turkish Zagreb, Zagrep
- Zagrebcapital of Croatia
- Zagrepcapital of Croatia
Ukrainian За́греб, За́ґреб
- За́греб (Záhreb)capital of Croatia
- За́ґреб (Zágreb)capital of Croatia
Urdu زغرب, زگرب
- زغرب (zaġreb)capital of Croatia
- زگرب (zagreb)capital of Croatia
Vietnamese Da-grép
- Da-grépcapital of Croatia
Yiddish זאַגרעב
- זאַגרעב (zagreb)capital of Croatia
Cite this entry
Zagreb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zagreb
“Zagreb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zagreb. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zagreb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zagreb.
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