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deva

дева

déva · /děːʋa/ · fem.

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NOUN
  1. Croat. camel
    U Egiptu smo jahali devu. — We rode a camel in Egypt.
    Deva može dugo da izdrži bez vode. — A camel can go a long time without water.

In Serbia the usual everyday word is kamila; deva is rarer, sounds somewhat literary and is more typical of Croatian usage, though it is universally understood.

Synonyms:
Declension, fem.
singularplural
Nom.devadeve
Gen.devedeva
Dat.devideva
Acc.devudeve
Voc.devodeve
Ins.devomdeva
Loc.devideva
AI Updated 17 October 2026