Kȁčić () is a
Croatian surname. It is chiefly distributed in the city of
Split
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Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
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, and the area of southern and central
Dalmatia
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. Etymologically it derives from the word ''kača'' "snake".
It may refer to:
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Kačić noble family, which includes medieval Hungarian branch ''Kacsics''
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Andrija Kačić Miošić
Andrija Kačić Miošić (; 17 April 1704 – 14 December 1760) was a Croatian poet and Franciscan friar, as well as a descendant of the Kačić noble family, one of the oldest and most influential Croatian noble families.
Biography
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(1704–1760), Croatian poet and Franciscan friar
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Hrvoje Kačić
Hrvoje Kačić (13 January 1932 – 14 February 2023) was a Croatian water polo player, legal scholar and politician.
Biography
Kačić was born in Dubrovnik on 13 January 1932. At the age of 18, Kačić played for the Yugoslavia national wate ...
(born 1932), former Croatian water polo player, academician and politician
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Miro Kačić (1946–2001), Croatian linguist
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Igor Kačić (1975–1991), youngest victim of the Vukovar massacre
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Surnames of Croatian origin