Where does “Хваранин” come from?

Хваранин (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Хва̑р, from Ancient Greek φάρος, from Ancient Greek φᾶρος — large piece of cloth, web; wide cloak or mantle...

Хваранин (Serbo-Croatian): a person from Hvar the island or city

Definitions

  1. a person from Hvar the island or city

Ancestry of “Хваранин”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianХва̑рHvar
2Ancient Greekφάροςpharynx; plough; ploughing
3Ancient Greekφᾶροςlarge piece of cloth, web; wide cloak or mantle...
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