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Definition of Ragusa

1. Noun. A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center.

Definition of Ragusa

1. Proper noun. A province of Sicily, Italy. ¹

2. Proper noun. The capital of the province of Ragusa. ¹

3. Proper noun. (dated) Dubrovnik, a city in Croatia. ¹

4. Proper noun. (historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragusa

Literary usage of Ragusa

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

1. The History of the Balkan Peninsula: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Ferdinand Schevill (1922)
"Ragusa lies by the smiling sea at the foot of a bare, sun- scorched mountain raising a nigh impassable barrier between it and the peninsula, ..."

2. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1881)
"Ragusa was so jealous of the mightier commonwealth that she preferred the Turk as a neighbour. At two points of the coast, at Klek at the bottom of the gulf ..."

3. Landscapes of Sicily by Peter Amann (2001)
"There are good hotels of various categories in Ragusa, including the ... Longer walk: If you stay overnight in Ragusa and spend more time in the area, ..."

4. Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1829)
"Ragusa Vecchia was founded by old Roman colonists, but they were compelled by ... Ragusa, under an aristocratic government, rivalled Venice in its fleets, ..."

5. The Autobiography of a Journalist by William James Stillman (1901)
"admirable diplomat whose subsequent career and mine have repeatedly crossed each other, Sir Edward Monson, then diplomatic agent at Ragusa, and of a brave ..."

6. Sicily, the New Winter Resort: An Encyclopaedia of Sicily by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1907)
"Ragusa is now rivalling Marsala in the introduction of English capital and ... The famous Pietra Pece is found at Ragusa, which has revolutionised the ..."

7. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"All the Slavonic powers of the Balkan peninsula were thus gathered into the Asiatic empire, except the tributary republic of Ragusa and a part of the ..."

8. The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 by Kenneth M. Setton (1978)
"A little later, on 27 June, the final agreement was reached at Visegrad between King Louis and Archbishop Giovanni Saraca of Ragusa whereby Hungarian ..."

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