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Croatian checkerboard en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən ˈtʃɛkɚbɔːd/

Meanings

1. (rare) A red and white chequy design used in the Croatian coat of arms and flag.
   • If one is to think that Croatia would not fight back once it was in a position to be able to do so is completely absurd. Even worse is Plotz's assessment that Tudjman resurrected Ustasa symbols, such as the Croatian checkerboard flag. 2011, Branko Belan, In the Name of Independence: The Unmaking of Tito's Yugoslavia:
   • Liberation Struggle with the Croatian checkerboard coat-of- arms and inscriptions dedicated to the Croatian nation 2012, Daniel Šuber, Slobodan Karamanic, Retracing Images: Visual Culture after Yugoslavia:
   • In July 1992, with fierce fighting under way across Bosnia, the HDZ hard-liners called to life the parastate they dubbed Herzeg-Bosna, a renegade Croat enclave in West Herzegovina that flew the Croatian checkerboard flag, did business with ... 2003, Paul Hockenos, Homeland Calling: Exile Patriotism & the Balkan Wars:
   • The chetniks had done their best to stir up anti-Croat ... Across the cornfields, in the predominantly Croat settlement of Borovo Naselje, people had hung out the Croatian checkerboard. 2013, Michael Dobbs, Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire:

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Synonyms

Croatian chessboard