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Definition of Dalmatia

1. Noun. A historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea; mountainous with many islands.

Definition of Dalmatia

1. Proper noun. A region in Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. ¹

2. Proper noun. A historic Roman province. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Dalmatia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Woodrow Wilson and World Settlement by Ray Stannard Baker (1922)
"Re: Dalmatia and Fiume. The Italians, in their memorandum presented to the Council of Ten on 11 March 1919, demand: 1—That part of Dalmatia granted to them ..."

2. Réflexions sur l'espèce en histoire naturelle, 1842 by Hans Falkenhagen, Ronald Percy Bell, Norman Holt Hartshorne, Alan Stuart, Eric John Holmyard, Alexander Moritzi, Thomas Hodgkin (1899)
"Venetia and Dalmatia subject to Charles. annalist stands out clear and incontestable. In the BK. ix. year 806, Venetia with the opposite coast of Dalmatia . ..."

3. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"Croatia and Dalmatia restored to the Empire, 1171. Dalmatia passes to Hungary. Struggle for the dominion of Dalma- lia. name at least, both by the cities ..."

4. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1899)
"And there the Emperor made an ordinance concerning the dukes and their subjects, as well of Venetia as of Dalmatia'.' This is the first mention that we have ..."

5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Dalmatia lias almost a subtropical climate. The summer is exceedingly hot and dry. and snow ... Owing to the frequency of political upheavals in Dalmatia, ..."

6. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1882)
"But Dalmatia, which stretches far south along the eastern shore of the Adriatic, is almost beyond the sphere of Austrian or Hungarian influence. ..."

7. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1859)
"Dalmatia, a kingdom within the Austrian empire, forming a small coast strip ... Husbandry and the rearing of cattle are neglected, and Dalmatia is less ..."

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