Croat

See also: croat and Croat.

English

From Medieval Latin Croata, from Proto-Slavic *xorvatъ (“Croat”), the Croatian autonym. It, in turn, is probably of non-Slavic origin: it is probably from an Iranian or Germanic language. Compare cravat.

Croat (countable and uncountable, plural Croats)

(countable) A native or inhabitant of Croatia; a person of Croatian citizenship or ethnicity.
Synonym: Croatian
(dated) An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia.
(uncountable, uncommon) The Croatian lect.
- 2012, Alen Mattich, Zagreb Cowboy, →ISBN:
  It almost made him laugh. What could he possibly do in Ohio? Did Cleveland have a pressing need for secret policemen who spoke Croat?

citizen of Croatia or person of Croatian ethnicity

Japanese: クロアチア人 (kuroachia-jin)
Korean: 크로아티아인 (ko) (keuroatiain)
Lithuanian: kroatas (lt) m, kroatė (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Kroat m, Kroatin f
Polish: Chorwat (pl) m, Chorwatka (pl) f
Portuguese: croata (pt) m or f
Romanian: croat (ro) m, croată (ro) f
Russian: хорва́т (ru) m (xorvát), хорва́тка (ru) f (xorvátka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Хр̀ва̄т m, Хрва̀тица f

Roman: Hr̀vāt (sh) m, Hrvàtica f
Slovak: Chorvát f, Chorvátka f
Spanish: croata (es) m or f
Swedish: kroat (sv) c (male), kroatiska (sv) c (female)
Turkish: Hırvat (tr), Hırvatistanlı

language — see Croatian

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