What is "hrvatski"

In Serbo-Croatian, hrvatski is the masculine adjectival form meaning "Croatian", both in the plural and singular; it is hrvatska in the feminine singular and hrvatske in the plural. The word hrvatski is also used to refer to the Croatian language (the standard variety of Serbo-Croatian used by Croats), whereas Hrvatska (first letter capital) is the native name for Croatia, the country. As such, all three forms (hrvatski, hrvatska and hrvatske) commonly appear in native names of many Croatian government institutions, companies, political parties, organisations and sports clubs, as well as some place names. It may refer to:

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

Political parties

• Hrvatska demokratska zajednica or HDZ ( Croatian Democratic Union)
• Hrvatska narodna stranka or HNS ( Croatian People's Party)
• Hrvatska seljačka stranka or HSS ( Croatian Peasant Party)
• Hrvatska stranka prava or HSP ( Croatian Party of Rights)

Places

• Hrvatska Dubica, village in central Croatia
• Hrvatska Kostajnica, small town in central Croatia
• Hrvatski Leskovac, village near Zagreb

The adjective is also used in:

• 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"

In addition, the term as such is used in:

• Hrvatski, pseudonym of the American electronic music artist Keith Fullerton Whitman