Dalmatia
pronunciation
How to pronounce Dalmatia in British English:
UK [dælˈmeiʃiə]
How to pronounce Dalmatia in American English:
US [dælˈmeʃə]
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- Noun:
- a historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea; mountainous with many islands
Word Origin
- Dalmatia
- region along the eastern Adriatic coast in what is now Croatia, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a derivative of PIE *dhal- "to bloom," in a sense of "young animal," in reference to the mountain pastures.
Example
- 1. From rome he was sent into dalmatia , no doubt on some important missionary errand .
- 2. Most of dalmatia was once part of the venetian republic , when walled citadels were built to protect against the constant threat of invasion from the ottoman empire .
- 3. For demas has abandoned me , having loved the present age , and has gone to thessalonica ; crescens to galatia ; titus to dalmatia .
- 4. " Breed of dog named after the adriatic coastal region of dalmatia , its first definite home . "
- 5. All right , dalmatia . You take a train and in the morning your pores are perspiring and the grapes are bursting their skins .