Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia - Croatian Language
The Croatian language is a language of the western group of South Slavic languages which is used primarily by the Croats. It is one of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 18: Encyclopedia - August 18
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 135 days remaining. August 18 - Events...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia - Name
Croatia is the Latinized version of the native name of the country: Hrvatska. The letter "r" in the first syllable "hrv" is rolled or con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakavian Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakavian Dialect - Characteristics
Čakavian dialect is divided along several criteria. According to the reflex of old Slavic phoneme yat (which is explained on Shtokavian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Croatia - History
The culture of Croatia has roots in a long history: the Croats have been inhabiting the area for thirteen centuries, but there are import...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Unification And Separation With Serbian
The establishment of the Yugoslavian state was an important event in the history of the Croatian language. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (191...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Kuna: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Kuna - History
Croatian kuna - German Croatian kuna 1941-1945. The Kuna was made the Croatian currency after the fascist puppet state of Croatia was s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Croatians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Croatians - Other
People born in Illyria or the subsequent Roman province, now part of Croatia, before the Great Migrations and the arrival of Croats and o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Split - History
Although the beginnings of Split are usually linked to the building of Diocletian's Palace, there is evidence that this area was inhabite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Unification And Separation With Serbian
The establishment of the Yugoslavian state was an important event in the history of the Croatian language. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (191...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Croats: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Croats - Croats
List of Croats - Art. Andrija Aleši - builder Antun Albini - architect Hermann Bolle - architect, (ethnic German) Andrija Buvina - b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Croatia - Education
Croatia has six universities in six larger cities: University of Zagreb [1] University of Split [2] University of Rijeka [3] University ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Croatia - People
Some of the people Croatians take special pride in include: founder of the first Croatian kingdom King Tomislav statesman and soldier Ni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia - Culture
Main article: Culture of Croatia Croatian culture is based on a thirteen century long history during which the country has attained many ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia - Famous Croats
For a full list see List of Croats. Nobel Prize winners Ivo Andrić - literature Vladimir Prelog - chemistry Lavoslav Ružička - chemi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Current Events
Croatian language is today the official language of the Republic of Croatia and, along with Bosnian and Serbian, one of three official la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Kuna: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Kuna - Currency In Circulation
Croatian kuna - Coins. 1 lipa head: maize 2 lipe head: vitis vinifera 5 lipa head: oak 10 lipa head: tobacco 20 lipa head...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Croatia - Places
The UNESCO has marked six places in Croatia as World Heritage: Episcopal complex of the Euphrasian Basilica in the historic centre of Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia - Economy
Main article: Economy of Croatia Croatia has an economy based mostly on various services and some, mostly light industry. Tourism is a no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia - Politics
Croatia - Political system. Main article: Politics of Croatia Since the adoption of the 1990 Constitution, Croatia has been a parliamen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Language Examples
Croatian language - Notturno A. G. Matoš. Mlačna noć; u selu lavež; kasan Ćuk il netopir; Ljubav cvijeća - miris jak i strasan S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia - Counties
Main article: Counties of Croatia Croatia is divided into 20 counties (Croatian: županija) and the city district of the capital, Zagreb*...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Croatia The population of Croatia has been stagnating over the last decade. The 1991-1995 war in Croatia ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia - History
Main article: History of Croatia The Croats are largely Slavic people who lived in an area of what is today Galicia (in northwestern Ukra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatia: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatia - Geography
Main article: Geography of Croatia Croatia is situated between central, southern, and eastern Europe. It has a rather peculiar shape that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Illyrian Period
But, due to the unique Croat linguistic situation, formal shaping of Croatian standard language was a process that took almost four centu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Language Examples
Croatian language - Notturno A. G. Matoš. Mlačna noć; u selu lavež; kasan Ćuk il netopir; Ljubav cvijeća - miris jak i strasan S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Current Events
Croatian language is today the official language of the Republic of Croatia and, along with Bosnian and Serbian, one of three official la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Split - Economy
The city is still feeling the effects of the difficult transition to market economy, worsened by the depression caused by Croatia's war o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Phonology
Croatian language - Vowels. The Croatian vowel system is simple, with five long and five short vowels (all monophthongs), as well as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - A Note On Serbo-croatian
One still finds many references to Serbo-Croatian, and proponents of Serbo-Croatian who deny the existence of Croatian (as well as Serbia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Modern Language And Standardisation
Although the first purely vernacular texts in a Croatian distinctly different from Church Slavonic date back to the 13th century, it was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Illyrian Period
But, due to the unique Croat linguistic situation, formal shaping of Croatian standard language was a process that took almost four centu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - The Serbian Connection
The 19th century language development overlapped with the upheavals that befell Serbian language. It was Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, an e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Split - Transportation
Split is an important transportation centre for Dalmatia and the wider region. In addition to the Zagreb-Split highway (A1), all the road...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Split: Encyclopedia Ii - Split - Culture
Split is also known as one of the centres of Croatian culture. Its literary tradition can be traced to medieaval times, and includes name...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Early Development
The beginning of the Croatian written language can be traced to the 9th century, when Old Church Slavonic was adopted as the language of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - The Serbian Connection
The 19th century language development overlapped with the upheavals that befell Serbian language. It was Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, an e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - A Note On Serbo-croatian
One still finds many references to Serbo-Croatian, and proponents of Serbo-Croatian who deny the existence of Croatian (as well as Serbia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Modern Language And Standardisation
Although the first purely vernacular texts in a Croatian distinctly different from Church Slavonic date back to the 13th century, it was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Early Development
The beginning of the Croatian written language can be traced to the 9th century, when Old Church Slavonic was adopted as the language of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakavian Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakavian Dialect - History
Čakavian is the oldest Croatian dialect that had made visible appearance in legal documents — as early as 1275("Istrian land survey")[...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakavian Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakavian Dialect - Čakavian Literary Language
Since čakavian was the first Croatian dialect to extricate from Church Slavic matrix, both literacy and literature in this dialect aboun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croatian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Croatian Language - Phonology
Croatian language - Vowels. The Croatian vowel system is simple, with five long and five short vowels (all monophthongs), as well as th...   » Read the article