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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. In the Middle Ages it was a powerful maritime city-state and a cultural center.

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  • proper noun A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.

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  • noun a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center

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Examples

  • “While on vacation in Dubrovnik, Croatia this summer, we ran across an old Yugoslav atlas which included this map on the entry for the US.”

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  • On our arrival in Dubrovnik, local grannies are waiting with signs about private rooms to rent.

    Boing Boing: August 20, 2006 - August 26, 2006 Archives 2006

  • Besides the BBC did a drama version of Casanova recently (some scenes were shot in Dubrovnik: - s) with Peter O'Toole which eas great - based on his diaries.

    Reviews Trickle In: It’s Casanova in a Romp 2005

  • That's what the other M. P.'s and the Koreans in the transportation unit called Dubrovnik rather than trying to pronounce his full name.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • That's what the other M. P.'s and the Koreans in the transportation unit called Dubrovnik rather than trying to pronounce his full name.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2003

  • She was set free and allowed to live in Dubrovnik, but she eluded the authorities and escaped over the mountains to Belgrade, where she enlisted in the Serbian army.

    Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Part IV 1969

  • She was set free and allowed to live in Dubrovnik, but she eluded the authorities and escaped over the mountains to Belgrade, where she enlisted in the Serbian army.

    Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Part IV 1941

  • She was set free and allowed to live in Dubrovnik, but she eluded the authorities and escaped over the mountains to Belgrade, where she enlisted in the Serbian army.

    Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Part IV 1941

  • She was set free and allowed to live in Dubrovnik, but she eluded the authorities and escaped over the mountains to Belgrade, where she enlisted in the Serbian army.

    Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Part IV 1941

  • These are a few of the trunks I saw at the Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Heather McDougal 2008

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