Dubrovnik

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Ду̀бро̄внӣк (Dùbrōvnīk).

Proper noun

Dubrovnik

  1. A city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea.
    • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, pages 56–57:
      ‘A week later he took me to Dubrovnik. We didn’t even have a balcony. They say it’s a beautiful city.’

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Dùbrōvnīk.

Proper noun

Dubrovnik

  1. Dubrovnik (a city in Croatia)
    Synonym: (historical) Ragusa

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dǫ̑bъ (“oak”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dǔbroːʋniːk/
  • Hyphenation: Du‧brov‧nik

Proper noun

Dùbrōvnīk m (Cyrillic spelling Ду̀бро̄внӣк)

  1. Dubrovnik (a city in Croatia)

Declension
Declension of Dubrovnik
singular
nominative Dùbrōvnīk
genitive Dubrovnika
dative Dubrovniku
accusative Dubrovnik
vocative Dùbrōvnīče
locative Dubrovniku
instrumental Dubrovnikom

Spanish

Proper noun

Dubrovnik ?

  1. Dubrovnik (a city in Croatia)
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