Split

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Italian Spalato, from Latin Spalatum, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος (Spálathos) and Ἀσπάλαθος (Aspálathos), from ἀσπάλαθος (aspálathos, “spiny broom”), a common shrub in the area.

• enPR: splĭt, IPA^(key): /splɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

  Homophone: split

Split

1. A port city in Croatia.

• slipt, spilt, stilp

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Спли̏т / Splȉt.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsplit/
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: Split
• Homophone: split

Split m inan (related adjective splicki)

1. Split (a city in Croatia)

• “Split”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος (Spálathos), Ἀσπάλαθος (Aspálathos).

Split f

1. Split (a city in Croatia)

Borrowed from Italian Spalato, in turn from Latin Spalatum, ultimately from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος (Spálathos), Ἀσπάλαθος (Aspálathos), from ἀσπάλαθος (aspálathos, “spiny broom”), a common shrub in the area.

• IPA^(key): /splît/

Splȉt m inan (Cyrillic spelling Спли̏т, demonym Splȉćanin, female demonym Splȉćānka)

1. Split (a port city in Croatia)

• “Split”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026