Vicki, it is the other way around. Croatia is Latin for Hrvatska and it was used way back at least at the beginning of Middle Ages. Dante is using it. Larousse has:"la cravate" from "Croate". This piece, unfortunately not translated from French, gives the connection of Croat and Hrvat and the use of letter H and K in different languages. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jf.gateau/linguist/linguist.htm History of the tie: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.amb-croatie.fr/ croatie/saviez-vous.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dla%2Bcravate%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den %26lr%3D%26sa%3DN Tatjana