CroatiaPitanje 31 · Culture and customs
One of the most important Croats of all time, born in Šibenik, a lexicographer and inventor (parachute, bridges, mills), is:
In the exam (Croatian)
Jedan od najznačajnijih Hrvata svih vremena, rođen u Šibeniku, leksikograf i izumitelj (padobran, mostovi, mlinovi) je:
Correct answer
- Faust VrančićAlso accepted: Vrančić
Why?
It is Faust Vrančić from Šibenik (16th and 17th century). He wrote a dictionary of five European languages and described the parachute (»Homo volans«) in the book »Machinae novae«.
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Source of the questions: Pravilnik o načinu provjere poznavanja hrvatskog jezika i latiničnog pisma, hrvatske kulture i društvenog uređenja u postupcima stjecanja hrvatskog državljanstva, Annex 1 (Narodne novine 6/2021). No official answers are published: the answers, the explanations and the English translations are ours (made with AI). This site is not official and is not affiliated with the Ministry of the Interior (Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova). The exam itself is in Croatian.
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