Istria

American  

[is-tree-uh, ees-tryah] / ˈɪs tri ə, ˈis tryɑ /

noun

1. a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.

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Istria British  

/ ˈɪstrɪə /

noun

1. a peninsula in the N Adriatic Sea: passed from Italy to Yugoslavia (except for Trieste) in 1947 and to Croatia in 1991

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Other Word Forms

• Istrian adjective

Example Sentences

Bastianich was born in 1947 in Istria, an Italian territory ceded to Yugoslavia after World War II. She spent the first years of her life under communist rule, then fled with her family across the border to Italy.

From Seattle Times

The plane crashed around 12:30 p.m. during takeoff at the airport in the town of Pula, in the Istria peninsula, according to the Ministry of Sea, Traffic and Infrastructure.

From Seattle Times

Istria and the rest of Croatia’s Adriatic Sea coastline are a very popular tourism destination for travelers from all over Europe and beyond.

From Seattle Times

The Dalmatian coast where grapes and olives are grown produces wine and oil, while Istria and Salvonia are heavily forested with fir and oak trees.

From Seattle Times

The smell of truffles lingered in the air as I wandered up the steep cobbled streets toward the ramparts that lined the edges of Motovun, a fortified medieval hill town on the Istria peninsula in northwestern Croatia.

From Washington Post