Dinaric

American  

[dih-nar-ik] / dɪˈnær ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to northern Albania and extending across western Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.

2. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of a Caucasoid subracial type with a long face and round, often flattened head, found chiefly in eastern Europe, especially in former Yugoslavia and Albania.

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Example Sentences

Brown bears: 17,000 of them, spread through Scandinavia, the Dinaric Alps, the Carpathian mountains, Bulgaria, Greece, Cantabria, the Alps.

From The Guardian

Blessed with a Mediterranean climate and a dramatic location between the Dinaric Alps and the sea, Dubrovnik has a well-deserved reputation as the “pearl of the Adriatic.”

From Washington Post

But we found that flying into the capital of Podgorica put us within easy striking distance of a variety of attractions: the Dinaric Alps in the north, the Adriatic coast to the south, and the cultural treasures of mid-Montenegro.

From New York Times

The turquoise Tara River slices through these Dinaric Alps, creating Europe’s deepest canyon at some 4,260 feet, and thrilling white-water paddlers.

From New York Times

Vucko is a wolf, an animal that was prominent in Yugoslav fables and commonly found in the Dinaric Alps region.

From Reuters