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Croatian Genealogical Dictionary

Below is a list of Croatian words often used in vital documents issued in Croatia. If you do not find a word you are looking for on this list, please e-mail it to me and I will translate for you and include it to the list below. The table is sorted alphabetically by the column that contains Croatian words. (Work is still in progress and new words are added every week. Please visit again! – November 1, 2000)

 Croatian Word

 English Word

 

 Dan

 Day

 

 Datum 

 Date

 

 Godina

 Year

 

 Ime

 First name

 

 Lipanj 

 June

 

 Listopad 

 October

 

 Majka

 Mother

 

 Otac

 Father

 

 Ozujak 

 March

 

 Prezime

 Last name

 

 Prosinac 

 December

 

 Rodjenje 

 Birth

 

 Rodni List 

 Birth Certificate

 

 Rujan 

 September

 

 Sijecanj 

 January

 

 Smrtni List 

 Death Certificate

 

 Srpanj 

 July

 

 Studeni 

 November

 

 Svibanj 

 May

 

 Travanj 

 April

 

 Veljaca 

 February

 

 Vjencanje 

 Wedding

 

 Vjencani List 

 Wedding Certificate

 

 Zakoniti 

 Legitimate (masculin)

 

 Zakonita 

 Legitimate (feminine)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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