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Krowâsia
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Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Possibly srn a Jehovah’s Witnesses translation team - 1, ultimately from Medieval srn la Croātia.
Pronunciation
kro_wâsia
Proper noun
srn proper noun
srn rare literary srn Croatia Q224
srn Kroatië
srn 2003 May Wrokoman fu difrenti kondre na grontapu e bow Kownukondre zaal na ini wan tu kondre fu Europa Workers of different countries of the world are building Kingdom Halls in some European countries Selters-Taunus Wachtturm-Gesellschaft (Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses) 3 Wi Kownukondre diniwroko https://wol.jw.org/srn/wol/d/r50/lp-sr/202003160 Nanga moni di sma poti na ini a Kownukondre zaal fonsu, hondrohondro Kownukondre zaal ben bow na ini Bulgaria, Krowâsia, Masedonia, Moldafia, Rosiakondre, nanga Serfia nanga Montenegro. With money that people put into the Kingdom Hall fund, hundreds of Kingdom Halls were built in Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, and Serbia and Montenegro. https://web.archive.org/web/20250125193354/https://wol.jw.org/srn/wol/d/r50/lp-sr/202003160 25 January 2025
Usage notes
Except for a limited number of countries, Sranan Tongo speakers use Dutch-language country names as unadapted borrowings.