Croat

Adriatic coast dweller

A Croat is a person from Croatia or of Croatian descent.

The term refers to the South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia and neighboring regions of the Balkans.

Several Croats competed in the tennis finals.

Croat and Croatian function interchangeably as nouns for the people, though Croatian is more common as the adjective: Croatian coastline, Croatian language.

culture

Dubrovnik

Croatian fortified coastal city

tradition · folklore · embroidery · filigree · naive art · cuisine · rakija · lavender · necktie · cravat

ethnicity

Slavic

Of certain Eastern Europeans

Serbian · Bosnian · Slovenian · ethnic · nationality · heritage · ancestry · diaspora · emigrant · immigrant

nationality

Zagreb

Croatia's chief city

Adriatic · Mediterranean · nation · homeland · patriot · flag · coat of arms · checkerboard · independence · statehood

language

Latin script

Western alphabetic writing system

dialect · linguistic · fluent · bilingual · mother tongue · accent · vocabulary · grammar

history

Kingdom

Monarch-ruled nation

independence · war · medieval · nobility · historical · ancestry · migration · settlement · Ottoman · Venetian

Categories
Opposites
balkan ethnic/national identity

CroatSerb

Balkan nationality

Serbian · Bosniak · Orthodox Christian · Slovene · Montenegrin

Phrases
Family

Croatia, Croatian, Croats, Croatians

Familiarity
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