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Croatia

Parisians admired the knotted neckerchiefs of Croatian soldiers serving France in the 1600s. They called the new fashion 'cravate', from their word for a Croat.

Five things to know about Croatia

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's Croatia, across the Adriatic Sea from Italy, next to Slovenia and Hungary. See Croatia on a map.
  2. Its walled seaside city of Dubrovnik was a filming location for Game of Thrones.
  3. The spotted Dalmatian dog takes its name from a region on its coast.
  4. More than a thousand islands lie along its coast.
  5. The necktie began here, as a knotted scarf worn by this country's soldiers in the 1600s.

Every line on this page is a clue or a fact from Geodar, drafted with AI and checked against a source. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.