No. 224 in Croatian
zemalja
"Zemalja" means "of countries" or "of lands" (genitive plural form of "zemlja").
In a sentence
Posjetio sam mnogo zemalja tijekom svog života.
I have visited many countries during my life.
In this sentence, 'zemalja' is the genitive plural form of 'zemlja', used to indicate the idea of 'many countries'.
Raznolikost jezika u tim zemljama je fascinantna.
The diversity of languages in those countries is fascinating.
Here, 'zemalja' appears as part of a prepositional phrase in the genitive case, showing the location or association.
Karta tih zemalja je na stolu.
The map of those countries is on the table.
'Zemalja' in this sentence is used in its genitive plural form to link the possession of 'the map' to the countries.
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