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References
- ↑ babynames.com
- ↑ all-babynames.com
- ↑ "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ↑ "Subscribe to the Cairns Post" . Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ "Damir Lovrincevic". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
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