Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

hìstōrija f (Cyrillic spelling хѝсто̄рија)

  1. history
    Synonym: (Croatia) povijest

Usage notes edit

  • 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 edit