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DUBROVNIK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dubrovnik mean?
• DUBROVNIK (noun)
The noun DUBROVNIK has 1 sense:
1. a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center
Familiarity information: DUBROVNIK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Dubrovnik; Ragusa
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Dubrovnik" is a part of...):
Croatia; Hrvatska; Republic of Croatia (a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991)
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