Croatia

geographical name

Cro·a·tia krō-ˈā-sh(ē-)ə

independent country in southeastern Europe including Slavonia, most of Istria, and the Dalmatian coast on the Adriatic Sea; a constituent republic of Yugoslavia 1946–91; capital Zagreb area 21,851 square miles (56,594 square kilometers), population 4,270,000

see also croatian

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