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List of English words of Serbian or Croatian origin:
- cravat
- from Hrvat = Croat
- paprika
- from paprika / пaпpикa = capsicum, or papar / пaпap = "black pepper"
- rakia
- from rakija / ракија
- slivovitz
- from šljiva / шљива = "plum"
- tamburitza
- from tamburica / тамбурица = "little tambura"
- tesla
- after Nikola Tesla
- uvala
- from uvala / увала = "a large elongate compound sinkhole" (in geography and geology)[1][2]
- vampire
- from vampir / вампир
See also
References
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove, ed (1986). "Uvala". Webster's Third New International Dictionary. 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. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5023/pdf/45groves.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
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