historija

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ìstōrija (Serbia)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hìstōrija f (Cyrillic spelling хѝсто̄рија)

1. history

Usage notes

• 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

Declension of historija

	singular	plural
nominative	historija	historije
genitive	historije	historija
dative	historiji	historijama
accusative	historiju	historije
vocative	historijo	historije
locative	historiji	historijama
instrumental	historijom	historijama

Synonyms

• povijest (Croatia)