In Croatian, '' hrvatski'' is the masculine adjectival form meaning "Croatian", both in the plural and singular; it is ''hrvatska'' in the feminine singular, ''hrvatske'' in the feminine plural, ''hrvatsko'' in the neutral singular, ''hrvatska'' in the neutral plural. The word ''hrvatski'' is also used to refer to the

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, whereas ''Hrvatska'' (first letter capital) is the native name for

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, the country. As such, all four forms (''hrvatski'', ''hrvatska'', ''hrvatske'' and ''hrvatsko'') commonly appear in native names of many Croatian government institutions, companies, political parties, organisations and sports clubs, as well as some place names. Examples of the use of these works include:

Organisations and companies

* ''Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti'' or HAZU, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts * '' Hrvatska elektroprivreda'' or HEP, national power company * '' Hrvatska pošta'' or HP, Croatian Post * '' Hrvatska radiotelevizija'' or HRT, national broadcasting corporation * '' Hrvatske autoceste'' or HAC, national motorways company * '' Hrvatske ceste'' (literally "Croatian Roads"), state-owned road maintenance company * ''Hrvatske željeznice'' or HŽ, Croatian Railways * '' Hrvatski autoklub'' or HAK, Croatian Automobile Club * ''Hrvatski nogometni savez'' or HNS, Croatian Football Federation * '' T-Hrvatski Telekom'' or T-HT, Croatian telecom company * '' Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana'' or Croatian Air Force and Air Defence

Political parties

* ''Hrvatska demokratska zajednica'' or HDZ ( Croatian Democratic Union) * ''Hrvatska narodna stranka'' or HNS ( Croatian People's Party) * ''Hrvatska seljačka stranka'' or HSS (

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) * ''Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika'' or HSU ( Croatian Party of Pensioners) * ''Hrvatska stranka prava'' or HSP ( Croatian Party of Rights) * ''Hrvatski suverenisti'' or HS ( Croatian Sovereignists)

Places in Croatia

* Hrvatsko Zagorje, a region in northern Croatia * Hrvatsko primorje, a region in western Croatia * Hrvatska Dubica, village in central Croatia * Hrvatska Kostajnica, small town in central Croatia * Hrvatski Leskovac, village near Zagreb * Hrvatsko, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, a village near Delnice, Croatia * Hrvatsko Selo (), a village near Topusko, Croatia

Other uses

* NK Hrvatski dragovoljac (lit. Croatian Volunteer), association football club based in Zagreb * '' Hrvatski Band Aid'', Croatian supergroup notable for recording the charity single ''Moja domovina'' in 1991 * '' Hrvatski Idol'', Croatian version of the television talent show ''Pop Idol'' which aired between 2003 and 2005 * '' Hrvatski Top Model'' Croatian version of the reality television series ''America's Next Top Model'' * '' Stadion Hrvatski vitezovi'', association football stadium in Dugopolje, literally meaning "Croatian Knights Stadium" * Hrvatski (DJ), pseudonym of the American electronic music artist Keith Fullerton Whitman (b. 1973)

Organisations and companies

Political parties

Places in Croatia

Other uses

See also