Slovenes of Croatia, the Glossary
Slovenes of Croatia (Slovenci Hrvatske, Slovenci na Hrvaškem) are one of 22 national minorities in Croatia.[1]
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53 relations: Anton Mahnič, Šibenik, Žarko Dolinar, Banovina of Croatia, Catholic Church, Croatia, Croatia–Slovenia relations, Croatian language, Croatian Parliament, Croats of Slovenia, Demographics of Croatia, Dragan Holcer, Dubravko Šimenc, Dubrovnik, France Prešeren, Franjo Bučar, Istria County, Ivan Snoj, Iztok Puc, Jože Pogačnik, Josip Broz Tito, Josip Križaj (opera singer), Josip Srebrnič, Karlovac, Krapina-Zagorje County, Labin, Littoral Banovina, Lovran, Marijan Žužej, Martina Majerle, Međimurje County, Mira Furlan, Osijek, Osijek-Baranja County, Poreč, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Pula, Rijeka, Sava Banovina, Slovene diaspora, Slovene language, Slovenes, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Split, Croatia, Split-Dalmatia County, Stanko Vraz, Varaždin County, Vinko Brešan, Vladko Maček, Zadar, ... Expand index (3 more) »
- Croatian people of Slovenian descent
- Ethnic groups in Croatia
- Slovenian diaspora
Anton Mahnič
Anton Mahnič, also spelled Antun Mahnić in Croatian orthography (14 September 1850 – 30 December 1920), was a Croatian-Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church and a philosopher who established and led the Croatian Catholic Movement.
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Šibenik
Šibenik is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea.
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Žarko Dolinar
Žarko Dolinar (3 July 1920 – 9 March 2003) was a Croatian biologist and table tennis player who won eight medals at the World Table Tennis Championships. Slovenes of Croatia and Žarko Dolinar are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Banovina of Croatia
The Banovina of Croatia or Banate of Croatia (Бановина Хрватска) was an administrative subdivision (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1939 and 1941.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Croatia
Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.
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Croatia–Slovenia relations
The foreign relations between Croatia and Slovenia are bound together by shared history, neighboring geography and common political ideologies.
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Croatian language
Croatian (hrvatski) is the standardised variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by Croats.
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Croatian Parliament
The Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski sabor) or the Sabor is the unicameral legislature of Croatia.
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Croats of Slovenia
The Croats are an ethnic group in Slovenia.
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Demographics of Croatia
The demographic characteristics of the population of Croatia are known through censuses, normally conducted in ten-year intervals and analysed by various statistical bureaus since the 1850s.
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Dragan Holcer
Dragan Holcer (19 January 1945 – 23 September 2015) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a defender. Slovenes of Croatia and Dragan Holcer are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Dubravko Šimenc
Dubravko Šimenc (born 2 November 1966 in Zagreb) is a former Croatian water polo player who competed for both Yugoslavia and Croatia, and later water polo coach. Slovenes of Croatia and Dubravko Šimenc are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik (Ragusa; see notes on naming) is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea.
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France Prešeren
France Prešeren (2 or 3 December 1800 – 8 February 1849) was a 19th-century Romantic Slovene poet whose poems have been translated into many languages.
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Franjo Bučar
Franjo Bučar (25 November 1866 – 26 December 1946) was a Croatian writer and sports popularizer. Slovenes of Croatia and Franjo Bučar are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Istria County
Istria County (Istarska županija; Regione istriana, "Istrian Region") is the westernmost county of Croatia which includes the majority of the Istrian peninsula.
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Ivan Snoj
Ivan Snoj (born 31 October 1923, Zagreb – 18 September 1994) was a Croatian team handball coach and international referee, international sports official, journalist and publicist. Slovenes of Croatia and Ivan Snoj are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Iztok Puc
Iztok Puc (14 September 1966 – 20 October 2011) was a Croatian-Slovenian handball player, who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. Slovenes of Croatia and Iztok Puc are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Jože Pogačnik
Jože Pogačnik (22 April 1932 – 16 February 2016) was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter.
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Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz (Јосип Броз,; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (Тито), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 until his death in 1980. Slovenes of Croatia and Josip Broz Tito are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Josip Križaj (opera singer)
Josip Križaj (5 March 1887 in Vevče, Ljubljana – 30 July 1968 in Zagreb) was a Slovene opera singer.
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Josip Srebrnič
Josip Srebrnič, also spelled Srebrnić, (2 February 1876 – 21 June 1966) was a Slovene Roman Catholic prelate who spent most of his career in Croatia. Slovenes of Croatia and Josip Srebrnič are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Karlovac
Karlovac is a city in central Croatia.
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Krapina-Zagorje County
Krapina-Zagorje County (Krapinsko-zagorska županija) is a county in northern Croatia, bordering Slovenia.
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Labin
Labin (Italian/Istriot: Albona) is a town in Istria, west Croatia, with a town population of 5,806 (2021) and 10,424 in the greater municipality (which also includes the small towns of Rabac and Vinež, as well as a number of smaller villages).
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Littoral Banovina
The Littoral Banovina or Littoral Banate (Primorska banovina; italics / Primorska banovina), was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1939.
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Lovran
Lovran (Laurana, Lauran) is a village and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia.
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Marijan Žužej
Marijan Žužej (8 February 1934 – 18 December 2011) was a Croatian water polo player of Slovenian origin. Slovenes of Croatia and Marijan Žužej are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Martina Majerle
Martina Majerle (born 2 May 1980) is a Croatian singer of mixed Croatian and Slovenian descent. Slovenes of Croatia and Martina Majerle are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Međimurje County
Međimurje County (Međimurska županija; Muraköz megye) is a triangle-shaped county in the northernmost part of Croatia, roughly corresponding to the historical and geographical region of Međimurje.
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Mira Furlan
Mira Furlan (7 September 1955 – 20 January 2021) was a Yugoslav-American actress and singer. Slovenes of Croatia and Mira Furlan are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Osijek
Osijek is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021.
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Osijek-Baranja County
Osijek-Baranja County (Osječko-baranjska županija, Eszék-Baranya megye) is a county in Croatia, located in northeastern Slavonia and Baranja which is defined part of the Pannonian Plain.
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Poreč
Poreč (Parenzo; Parenso; Parens or Parentium; Párenthos) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia.
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Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Primorje – Gorski Kotar County (Primorsko-goranska županija) is a county in western Croatia, most of it based in the historical and cultural region called Croatia proper and some of it in Istria, including the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar.
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Pula
Pula, also known as Pola (Pola; Puola; Pulj; 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.
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Rijeka
Rijeka (local Chakavian: Reka or Rika; Reka, Fiume (Fiume; Fiume; outdated German name: Sankt Veit am Flaum), is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and in 2021 had a population of 108,622 inhabitants.
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Sava Banovina
The Sava Banovina or Sava Banate (Savska banovina), was a province (banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1939.
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Slovene diaspora
The Slovene diaspora include autochthonous Slovene minority in Italy, estimated at 83,000 – 100,000, Slovene minority in southern Austria at 24,855, in Croatia at 13,200, and Slovene minority in Hungary at 3,180 and a significant Slovene expatriate communities live in the United States (most notably Greater Cleveland, home to the highest concentration outside Europe with estimated between 50,000 - 80,000, and largest number of Slovene speakers in the country). Slovenes of Croatia and Slovene diaspora are Slovenian diaspora.
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Slovene language
Slovene or Slovenian (slovenščina) is a South Slavic language of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family.
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Slovenes
The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians (Slovenci), are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia, and adjacent regions in Italy, Austria and Hungary.
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The Socialist Republic of Croatia (Социјалистичка Република Хрватска), commonly abbreviated as SR Croatia and referred to as simply Croatia, was a constituent republic and federated state of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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Split, Croatia
Split (Spalato:; 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.
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Split-Dalmatia County
Split-Dalmatia County (Splitsko-dalmatinska županija) is a central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia.
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Stanko Vraz
Stanko Vraz (baptized Jakob Fraß; 30 June 1810 – 20 May 1851) was a Slovenian-Croatian poet.
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Varaždin County
Varaždin County (Varaždinska županija) is a county in Hrvatsko Zagorje.
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Vinko Brešan
Vinko Brešan (born 3 February 1964) is a Croatian film director best known for directing several notable Croatian black comedies.
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Vladko Maček
Vladimir Maček (20 June 1879 – 15 May 1964) was a politician in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Slovenes of Croatia and Vladko Maček are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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Zadar
Zadar (Zara; see also other names) is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia.
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Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia.
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Zagreb County
Zagreb County (Zagrebačka županija) is a county in Northern Croatia.
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Zlatko Šimenc
Zlatko Šimenc (born 29 November 1938) is a retired Croatian water polo player and coach (1969-1975) of Slovenian origin. Slovenes of Croatia and Zlatko Šimenc are Croatian people of Slovenian descent.
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See also
Croatian people of Slovenian descent
- Šilobod
- Aljaž Džankić
- Ambroz Testen
- Barbara Jelić-Ružić
- Borut Puc
- Davor Rimac
- Dragan Holcer
- Dubravko Šimenc
- Duje Bonačić
- Franjo Bučar
- Gordon Schildenfeld
- Ivan Jazbinšek
- Ivan Snoj
- Ivo Brnčić
- Iztok Puc
- Jasna Ptujec
- Josip Broz Tito
- Josip Srebrnič
- Konrad Kolšek
- Kristian Bećiri
- Luka Šulić
- Marijan Žužej
- Martina Majerle
- Mišo Broz
- Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić
- Mira Furlan
- Nadežda Čačinovič
- Olga Šikovec
- Ružica Meglaj-Rimac
- Saša Broz
- Slaven Rimac
- Slovenes of Croatia
- Stephanie Bukovec
- Vesna Jelić
- Vesna Teršelič
- Vladimir Vidrić
- Vladko Maček
- Zlatko Šimenc
- Zvonko Bezjak
- Žarko Dolinar
Ethnic groups in Croatia
- Šokci
- Albanians
- Albanians of Croatia
- Arbanasi people
- Austrians of Croatia
- Bosniaks
- Bosniaks of Croatia
- Bulgarians in Croatia
- Bunjevci
- Croat people
- Croats
- Czechs of Croatia
- Dalmatian Italians
- Danube Swabians
- Germans of Croatia
- Hungarians in Croatia
- Hungarians of Croatia
- Istro-Romanians
- Italians of Croatia
- List of Croat Albanians
- Macedonians of Croatia
- Montenegrins
- Montenegrins of Croatia
- Muslims (ethnic group)
- Pannonian Rusyns
- Poles of Croatia
- Portuguese in Croatia
- Russians of Croatia
- Rusyns
- Serbs
- Serbs of Croatia
- Slovaks of Croatia
- Slovenes of Croatia
- Turks in Croatia
- Vlachs in the history of Croatia
- Yugoslavs
Slovenian diaspora
- Carinthian Slovenes
- Hungarian Slovenes
- Slovene Americans
- Slovene Argentines
- Slovene Australians
- Slovene Canadians
- Slovene Venezuelans
- Slovene communities in South America
- Slovene diaspora
- Slovene minority in Italy
- Slovene minority in Italy (1920–1947)
- Slovenes of Croatia