No. 929 in Serbian
петровац
"Петровац" is a Serbian name often used for towns or villages, meaning "Peter's place" or "settlement associated with Peter."
In a sentence
Петровац је мали приморски град у Црној Гори.
Petrovac is a small coastal town in Montenegro.
In this sentence, 'петровац' refers to the proper noun of a geographical location, specifically a town.
Мој пријатељ Петровац игра шах сваког викенда.
My friend Petrovac plays chess every weekend.
In this sentence, 'Петровац' is used as a proper noun to denote someone's surname or nickname.
Књига о историји Петровца је веома занимљива.
The book about the history of Petrovac is very interesting.
Here, 'Петровца' is in the genitive case, referring to something associated with or belonging to the town Petrovac.
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