historija

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xǐstoːrija/
  • Hyphenation: hi‧sto‧ri‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

hìstōrija f (Cyrillic spelling хѝсто̄рија)

  1. history
    Synonym: (Croatia) povijest

Usage notes

  • In Croatia, the word is used to refer to the academic discipline that studies history, as well as in some fixed expressions. In other cases, the word povijest is used (that is, one would say povijest SAD and not historija SAD, meaning the history of United States).

Declension

Declension of historija
singular plural
nominative historija historije
genitive historije historija
dative historiji historijama
accusative historiju historije
vocative historijo historije
locative historiji historijama
instrumental historijom historijama

Further reading

  • “historija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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