Dubrovnik
EnglishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Dubrovnik
- 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.’
SynonymsEdit
- Ragusa (historic name)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Croatian port-city
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PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Dùbrōvnīk.
Proper nounEdit
Dubrovnik
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dǫ̑bъ (“oak”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Dùbrōvnīk m (Cyrillic spelling Ду̀бро̄внӣк)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Dubrovnik
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nominative | Dùbrōvnīk |
genitive | Dubrovnika |
dative | Dubrovniku |
accusative | Dubrovnik |
vocative | Dùbrōvnīče |
locative | Dubrovniku |
instrumental | Dubrovnikom |
SpanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Dubrovnik ?