List of English words of Serbo-Croatian origin

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List of English words of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian origin:

cravat
from kravata / кравата
slivovitz
from šljivovica / шљивовица = "plum rakia"
tamburitza
from tamburica / тамбурица = "little tambura"
tesla
after Nikola Tesla
uvala
from uvala / увала = "a large elongate compound sinkhole" (in geography and geology)[1][2]
vampire
from vampir / вампир

See also

References

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