Ragusa

[ rah-goo-zah ]

noun

a province in SE Italy.
a city in and the capital of this province.

a city in SE Sicily.
Italian name of Dubrovnik.

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How to use Ragusa in a sentence

Ragusea, a ship belonging to Ragusa, a great medieval port on the Adriatic, spelt in 16th-cent.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) | Various
Ragusa and Smyrna, at the same time, were also almost destroyed.
Buffon's Natural History, Volume II (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
He was then directed to take possession of Dalmatia with his army, and occupied Ragusa.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6 | Various
In the 14th century the commerce of Cattaro rivalled that of Ragusa, and provoked the jealousy of Venice.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 | Various
As we leave again, and round the peninsula of Lapad, glorious in a mass of semi-tropical vegetation, Ragusa bursts upon our view.
The Land of the Black Mountain | Reginald Wyon

British Dictionary definitions for Ragusa

Ragusa

/ (Italian raˈɡuːza) /

noun

an industrial town in SE Sicily. Pop: 68 956 (2001)
the Italian name (until 1918) for Dubrovnik

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