List of English words of Serbo-Croatian origin
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List of English words of Serbo-Croatian origin:
- cravat
- from kravata
- slivovitz
- from šljivovica = "plum rakia"
- tamburitza
- from tamburica = "little tambura"
- tesla
- after Nikola Tesla
- uvala
- vampire
- from vampir
- chetnik
- from Četnik = "member of a Serbian nationalist guerrilla force"
See also[]
- Lists of English words of international origin
References[]
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove, ed. (1986). "Uvala". Webster's Third New International Dictionary. Vol. 2. Merriam-Webster. p. 2526. ISBN 0-85229-503-0.
- ^ Chris Groves; Rick Toomey (May 2008). "Field Trip Road Log: Karst Features of the Mammoth Cave Kentucky Area, Thursday, May 29, 2008" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023. U.S. Geological Survey. p. 140. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
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