Dubrovnik

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City and port in southern Croatia by the Adriatic Sea known for its old town and many tourists

proper noun
/duːˈbroʊv.nɪk/

: Dubrovnik

But today we're headed to Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Dubrovnik city
Dubrovnik, Croatia

And and I was filming something in Dubrovnik and I had to eat oysters for this filming.

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Examples

In the same year, another conference took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on reconciliation in Bosnia.

Academic text (2014)
But few Western carriers fly into Dubrovnik's treacherous airport.

Academic text (2000)
A decade after the peace, Dubrovnik was once again on the tourist map.

Academic text (2007)
In its schedule, Air France lists a weekly flight from Nice to Dubrovnik.

Academic text (1992)
One stop, a last, brief look at Dubrovnik, its beautiful walled-in orange roofs.

Fiction book (1999)
For six weeks, Armatta operated out of Dubrovnik, just inside Croatia's border with Montenegro.

Academic text (1999)
On their tour, they visited the Adriatic coastal hotspots of Dubrovnik, Hvar, and Split.

Blog text (24)
Ambassador Montgomery's wife had assisted in Dubrovnik's reconstruction, and they loved the Istrian medieval villages.

Academic text (2000)
We're heading from our unit base into Dubrovnik, into the old town.
A decade after the peace, Dubrovnik was once again on the tourist map.

Synonyms

Ragusa

vsDubrovnik

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A former name for Dubrovnik, a port city in southwest Croatia on the Adriatic Sea

is the modern name used today instead of the older historical name

Surface Forms

Dubrovnik main

Etymology

Dubrovnik comes from the Slavic word dubrava, meaning 'oak grove', with the ending -nik that shows a place. So Dubrovnik literally means 'place of oaks', a simple image to help you remember the city's name.