Croatian checkerboard

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən ˈtʃɛkɚbɔːd/

Noun

Croatian checkerboard (plural Croatian checkerboards)

1. (rare) Red and white chequy used in Croatian coat of arms and flag.

   Synonyms: Croatian chequy, Croatian chessboard

   • 2003, Paul Hockenos, Homeland Calling: Exile Patriotism & the Balkan Wars:

     In July 1992, with fierce fighting under way across Bosnia, the HDZ hard-liners called to life the parastate they dubbed Herzeg-Bosna, a renegade Croat enclave in West Herzegovina that flew the Croatian checkerboard flag, did business with ...

   • 2011, Branko Belan, In the Name of Independence: The Unmaking of Tito's Yugoslavia:

     If one is to think that Croatia would not fight back once it was in a position to be able to do so is completely absurd. Even worse is Plotz's assessment that Tudjman resurrected Ustasa symbols, such as the Croatian checkerboard flag.

   • 2012, Daniel Šuber, Slobodan Karamanic, Retracing Images: Visual Culture after Yugoslavia:

     Liberation Struggle with the Croatian checkerboard coat-of- arms and inscriptions dedicated to the Croatian nation.

   • 2013, Michael Dobbs, Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire:

     The chetniks had done their best to stir up anti-Croat ... Across the cornfields, in the predominantly Croat settlement of Borovo Naselje, people had hung out the Croatian checkerboard.