Dubrovnik
English edit
Etymology edit
From Serbo-Croatian Ду̀бро̄внӣк (Dùbrōvnīk).
Proper noun edit
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.’
Synonyms edit
- Ragusa (historic name)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Croatian port-city
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Dùbrōvnīk.
Proper noun edit
Dubrovnik
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dǫ̑bъ (“oak”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Dùbrōvnīk m (Cyrillic spelling Ду̀бро̄внӣк)
Declension edit
Declension of Dubrovnik
singular | |
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nominative | Dùbrōvnīk |
genitive | Dubrovnika |
dative | Dubrovniku |
accusative | Dubrovnik |
vocative | Dùbrōvnīče |
locative | Dubrovniku |
instrumental | Dubrovnikom |
Spanish edit
Proper noun edit
Dubrovnik ?