Dubrovnik

[ doo-brawv-nik ]

noun

1. a seaport in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic: popular tourist destination.

Dubrovnik

/ dʊˈbrɒvnɪk /

noun

1. a port in W Croatia, on the Dalmatian coast: an important commercial centre in the Middle Ages; damaged in 1991 when it was shelled by Serbian artillery. Pop: 43 770 (2001) Former Italian name (until 1918)Ragusa

Dubrovnik

1. City in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea .

Notes

Retaining much of its medieval architecture and character, the city was a popular tourist center before it was badly damaged in 1991 during the civil war between the Croats and the Serbs.

Example Sentences

In years past the advice from travel articles for Dubrovnik was simple—don’t come in the summer months when it’s unpleasantly crowded.

From The Daily Beast

I checked out Paris, Giza, Dubrovnik and my aforementioned home in Connecticut.

From Washington Post

“It took a week to shoot and it was in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in this amazing location,” says Pascal.

From The Daily Beast

Their CT-43, the military version of the Boeing 737, crashed into a mountainside on approach to Dubrovnik.

From The Daily Beast

Having thus qualified himself to be a schoolmaster, he went back to Dubrovnik and settled down to that profession.

From Project Gutenberg

The intellectual life of the Yugoslavs would, but for Dubrovnik, have died out altogether.

From Project Gutenberg