Istria

noun

a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.

Also called Istrian Peninsula.

Related forms

Is·tri·an, adjective, noun

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Istria (ˈɪstrɪə)

—n
	a peninsula in the N Adriatic Sea: passed from Italy to Yugoslavia (except for Trieste) in 1947 and to Croatia in 1991

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