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Dubrovnik
[ doo-brawv-nik ]
noun
- a seaport in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic: popular tourist destination.
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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Notes
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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Example Sentences
“It took a week to shoot and it was in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in this amazing location,” says Pascal.
From The Daily Beast
Their CT-43, the military version of the Boeing 737, crashed into a mountainside on approach to Dubrovnik.
From The Daily Beast
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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