by Caprice (guest)
11/21/2003, 4:28 PM
According to one of my books (it's in Swedish, so I can't recommend it to you all :), the original form of Hrvati is Sarmat, which is derived from a Persian word: Sar. Sar means woman and Sarmat means "land of women". The Croatians are said to originate from an area east of Donau.