Dubrovnik

[ doo-brawv-nik ]

/ ˈdu brɔv nɪk /

noun

a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic: resort.

Italian Ragusa.

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Examples from the Web for dubrovnik

“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.
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Having thus qualified himself to be a schoolmaster, he went back to Dubrovnik and settled down to that profession.
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The intellectual life of the Yugoslavs would, but for Dubrovnik, have died out altogether.
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British Dictionary definitions for dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

/ (dʊˈbrɒvnɪk) /

noun

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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Cultural definitions for dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

[ (dooh-brawv-nik, doo-brawv-nik) ]

City in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.

notes for Dubrovnik

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.