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Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other neighboring countries in Central and Southeastern Europe. They share a common Croatian culture, ancestry, hi
The range of Slavic ceramics of the Prague-Penkovka culture marked in black, all known ethnonyms of Croats are within this area. Presumable migration routes of Croats are indicated by arrows, per V. V. Sedov (1979).
Arrival of the Croats to the Adriatic Sea by Oton Iveković
Branimir Inscription (9th-century) from Šopot near Benkovac in Croatia, as "Dux Cruatorum", has the earliest carved ethnonym Hrvat (Cruat-/Crvat-) in the form which is still pronounced today.
Coronation of King Tomislav by Oton Iveković.
Croatian diaspora
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The Croatian diaspora consists of ethnic Croat people, their descendants, and Croatian citizens living outside of Croatia. An excess of four million people are part of the Croatian diaspora. The natio
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…predominantly Catholic. Croats form a sizeable minority in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and Slovenia. Many emigrated from Europe and established a sizable diaspora in the aftermath of World War II for political, social, and economic reasons. Grassroots assistance from earlier communities and the Catholic Church…
Group of Croatian men in a social club, Joliet, Illinois, 1910
The city of Mostar, home to the majority of the Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2024.
19th Century ad-poster of Croatian ship ready to travel to South America.
A statue honoring the immigrants, in Rosario, 2006