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Croatia (⫽ k r oʊ ˈ eɪ ʃ ə ⫽ ⓘ, kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska, pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska listen ⓘ), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe. Its coast lies entirely on the Adriatic Sea.
Croatia, as a polity, first appeared as a duchy in the 7th century, the Duchy of Croatia. With the nearby Principality of Lower Pannonia, [1] it was united and elevated into the Kingdom of Croatia which lasted from 925 until 1102. From the 12th century, the Kingdom of Croatia entered a personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary.
Zagreb ( / ˈzɑːɡrɛb / ZAH-greb [7] Croatian: [zǎːɡreb] ⓘ [a]) [9] is the capital and largest city of Croatia. [10] It is in the north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately 158 m ...
The non-native name of Croatia (Croatian: Hrvatska) derives from Medieval Latin Croātia, itself a derivation of the native ethnonym of Croats, earlier *Xъrvate and modern-day Croatian: Hrvati. The earliest preserved mentions of the ethnonym in stone inscriptions and written documents in the territory of Croatia are dated to the 8th-9th ...
Portal. : Croatia/Intro. Croatia ( / kroʊˈeɪʃə / ⓘ, kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska, pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː] ), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska ), is a country located at the confluence of Central and Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkans. Its coast lies entirely on the Adriatic Sea.
Croatia ( / kroʊˈeɪʃə / ⓘ, kroh-AY-shə; Croatian: Hrvatska, pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː] ), officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska ), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe. Its coast lies entirely on the Adriatic Sea. Croatia borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the ...
Split ( / ˈsplɪt /; [4] [5] Croatian pronunciation: [splît] ⓘ; Italian: Spalato: pronounced [ˈspalato]; see other names ), is the second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast. It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and is spread over a central ...
Pula (Croatian: ⓘ), also known as Pola (Italian:; Venetian: Pola; Istriot: Puola; Slovene: Pulj; Hungarian: Póla), is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula in northwestern Croatia, with a population of 52,220 in 2021.