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Croatian checkerboard
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən ˈtʃɛkɚbɔːd/
Noun
en rare A red and white chequy design used in the Croatian coat of arms and flag.
en Croatian chessboard
en 2003 Paul Hockenos Homeland Calling: Exile Patriotism & the Balkan Wars 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 ...
en 2011 Branko Belan In the Name of Independence: The Unmaking of Tito's Yugoslavia 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.
en 2012 Daniel Šuber; Slobodan Karamanic Retracing Images: Visual Culture after Yugoslavia Liberation Struggle with the Croatian checkerboard coat-of- arms and inscriptions dedicated to the Croatian nation
en 2013 Michael Dobbs Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire 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.
en Croatia