Dubrovnik

[ doo-brawv-nik ]

/ ˈdu brɔv nɪk /

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noun

a seaport in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic: popular tourist destination.

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Italian Ragusa.

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How to use Dubrovnik in a sentence

In years past the advice from travel articles for Dubrovnik was simple—don’t come in the summer months when it’s unpleasantly crowded.
This Tourist Hotspot Is Open—and Blissfully Quiet|Lucie Grace|July 14, 2021|The Daily Beast
I checked out Paris, Giza, Dubrovnik and my aforementioned home in Connecticut.
VR exercise app ‘VZfit’ overwhelms the senses in all the wrong ways|Mike Hume|April 22, 2021|Washington Post
“It took a week to shoot and it was in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in this amazing location,” says Pascal.
Game of Thrones’ Cast Reacts to 'The Lion and the Rose' and Joffrey’s Royal Wedding|Marlow Stern|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their CT-43, the military version of the Boeing 737, crashed into a mountainside on approach to Dubrovnik.
Poland's Deadly Decision|Clive Irving|April 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Having thus qualified himself to be a schoolmaster, he went back to Dubrovnik and settled down to that profession.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1|Henry Baerlein
The intellectual life of the Yugoslavs would, but for Dubrovnik, have died out altogether.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1|Henry Baerlein

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.