Dubrovnik
[doo-brawv-nik]
- a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic: resort.
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Italian Ragusa.
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Contemporary Examples
“It took a week to shoot and it was in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in this amazing location,” says Pascal.
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Their CT-43, the military version of the Boeing 737, crashed into a mountainside on approach to Dubrovnik.
Historical Examples
Having thus qualified himself to be a schoolmaster, he went back to Dubrovnik and settled down to that profession.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1Henry Baerlein
The intellectual life of the Yugoslavs would, but for Dubrovnik, have died out altogether.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1Henry Baerlein
Dubrovnik
- a port in W Croatia, on the Dalmatian coast: an important commercial centre in the Middle Ages; damaged in 1991 when it was shelled by Serbian artillery. Pop: 43 770 (2001)Former Italian name (until 1918): Ragusa
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Dubrovnik
[(dooh-brawv-nik, doo-brawv-nik)]
City in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
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Retaining much of its medieval architecture and character, the city was a popular tourist center before it was badly damaged in 1991 during the civil war between the Croats and the Serbs.
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