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“Lijepa nasa domovino“ (“Our Beautiful Homeland“) is the national anthem of Croatia. Its opening words, “Lijepa nasa“ (“Our Beautiful“), are widely used as a metonym for Croatia. The original lyrics were written by Antun Mihanovic and first published under the title “Horvatska domovina“ (“Croatian homeland“) in 1835. The music was composed by Josip Runjanin in 1846. The complete song was reportedly scored and harmonized by Vatroslav Lichtenegger in 1861, and it was first performed as the Croatian anthem in