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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / A9 Bosnian, Serbian and Montenegrin 539 / 600

term Croatian Serbian

chemistry kemija hemija

chaos kaos haos

chlorine klor hlor

surgeon kirurg hirurg

labyrinth labirint lavirint

ocean ocean okean

Some regions, countries and cities also have different names, sometimes the

difference is slight:

term Croatian Serbian

Athens Atena Atina

Babylon Babilon Vavilon

Cyprus Cipar (Cipr-) Kipar (Kipr-)

Europe Europa Evropa

Persia Perzija Persija

The Netherlands Nizozemska (adj.) Holandija

Romania Rumunjska (adj.) Rumunija

Spain Španjolska (adj.) Španija

There are more different names, these are just the most common; the difference

applies to derived adjectives and names of inhabitants, of course. Additionally,

there’s a difference in adjectives derived from places ending in -iški:

term Croatian Serbian

Parisian pariški pariski

Tunisian tuniški tuniski

Words related to government, having the suffix -kracija in Croatian, have -kratija in

Serbian:

term Croatian Serbian

bureucracy birokracija birokratija

democracy demokracija demokratija

There are terms which correspond to two words in Croatia – an ‘international’ one,

and a word made from Slavic roots (or borrowed from Czech in the 19th century) –

which are used interchangeably, or one is formal and the other colloquial, or there’s

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