Ragusa

[ rah-goo-zah ]

noun

1. a province in SE Italy.
2. a city in and the capital of this province.
3. a city in SE Sicily.
4. Italian name of Dubrovnik.

Ragusa

/ raˈɡuːza /

noun

1. an industrial town in SE Sicily. Pop: 68 956 (2001)
2. See Dubrovnik
   the Italian name (until 1918) for Dubrovnik

Example Sentences

Ragusea, a ship belonging to Ragusa, a great medieval port on the Adriatic, spelt in 16th-cent.

From Project Gutenberg

Ragusa and Smyrna, at the same time, were also almost destroyed.

From Project Gutenberg

He was then directed to take possession of Dalmatia with his army, and occupied Ragusa.

From Project Gutenberg

In the 14th century the commerce of Cattaro rivalled that of Ragusa, and provoked the jealousy of Venice.

From Project Gutenberg

As we leave again, and round the peninsula of Lapad, glorious in a mass of semi-tropical vegetation, Ragusa bursts upon our view.

From Project Gutenberg