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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / L3 Cies and Towns 552 / 600

Križevci m pl. Prelog Županja

Since Križevci and Vinkovci would have two consonants before the G-pl ending -a,

they are split by another a:

Križevci → iz Križevaca

Vinkovci → iz Vinkovaca

The following names consist of an adjective + noun:

Beli Manastir

Donja Stubica

Donji Miholj ac (-c-)

Duga Resa

Dugo Selo

Grubišno Polje

Hrvatska Kostajnica

Mali Lošinj

Mursko Središće

Nova Gradiška

Novi Marof

Slavonski Brod

Stari Grad

Sveta Nedelja

Varaždinske Toplice f pl.

Velika Gorica

There are four specific names:

Biograd na Moru – only the 1st word changes

Ivanić-Grad – only the last part changes

Novi Vinodolski – contains two adjectives

Sveti Ivan Zelina – contains an adjective and two nouns

These names are often shortened to just Biograd, Ivanić, Novi and Zelina, and

change normally (Novi like an adjective).

Warning. Some towns have names that deviate from Standard Croatian, e.g. it’s

rather Sveta Nedelja instead of Nedjelja.

These major cities in Europe have Croatian names different than English ones:

Atena Athens

Beč Vienna

Beograd Belgrade

Budimpešta Budapest

Bukurešt Bucharest

Kijev Kiev

Napulj Naples

Prag Prague

Rim Rome

Solun Salonica

Trst Trieste

Venecija Venice

Several German, Italian, Polish and Russian cities have names closer to native ones

than in English:

Keln Cologne

Milano Milan

Minhen Munich

Moskva Moscow

Torino Turin

Varšava Warsaw

Some major cities in Europe have slightly specific pronunciation in Croatian:

Berlin London Madrid Pariz

Adjectives are normally derived from cities and towns (except ones that are already

adjectives) by adding -ski. However, some cities have irregular forms or there are

consonant alternations:

Beč → bečki

Pariz → pariški

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