Dubrovnik

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Ду̀бро̄внӣк (Dùbrōvnīk).

Proper noun

Dubrovnik

1. 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

• Ragusa (historic name)

Derived terms

• Dubrovnikan

Translations

Croatian port-city

• Albanian: Rush m, Dubrovnik
• Arabic: دُوبْرُوفْنِيك f (dūbrūfnīk), دُبْرُوفْنِيك f (dubrūfnīk)
• Armenian: Դուբրովնիկ (hy) (Dubrovnik)
• Aromanian: Rãgusã f (indefinite), Rãgusa f (definite)
• Belarusian: Дубро́ўнік m (Dubróŭnik)
• Bulgarian: Дубро́вник m (Dubróvnik)
• Catalan: Dubrovnik
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 杜布羅夫尼克 / 杜布罗夫尼克 (zh) (Dùbùluófūníkè)

• Czech: Dubrovník (cs) m
• Danish: Dubrovnik
• Dutch: Dubrovnik
• Esperanto: Dubrovnik
• Finnish: Dubrovnik
• French: Dubrovnik (fr)
• German: Dubrovnik (de)
• Greek: Ντουμπρόβνικ (Ntoumpróvnik)
• Hungarian: Dubrovnik (hu)
• Italian: Ragusa (it) f, Dubrovnik f
• Japanese: ドゥブロヴニク (Duburovuniku)
• Kannada: ದುಬ್ರೊವ್ನಿಕ್ (dubrovnik)
• Latin: Ragusa
• Lithuanian: Dubrovnikas
• Macedonian: Дубровник m (Dubrovnik)
• Malayalam: ദുബ്രൊവ്നിക് (dubrovnikŭ)
• Old French: Raguse
• Ottoman Turkish: دوبره‌وندیك (Dobravenedik), راغوزه (Ragusa)
• Polish: Dubrownik (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ragusa f, Dubrovnik f
• Romanian: Dubrovnik
• Russian: Дубро́вник m (Dubróvnik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ду̀бро̄внӣк m

  Roman: Dùbrōvnīk (sh) m

• Sicilian: Ragusa f
• Slovak: Dubrovník
• Slovene: Dubrovnik
• Spanish: Dubrovnik (es)
• Swedish: Dubrovnik
• Telugu: దుబ్రొవ్నిక్ (dubrovnik)
• Turkish: Dubrovnik, Ragusa
• Ukrainian: Дубро́вник (Dubróvnyk)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Dùbrōvnīk.

Proper noun

Dubrovnik

1. Dubrovnik (a city in Croatia)

   Synonym: (historical) Ragusa

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dǫbrova + -nik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǔbroːʋniːk/
• Hyphenation: Du‧brov‧nik

Proper noun

Dùbrōvnīk m (Cyrillic spelling Ду̀бро̄внӣк)

1. Dubrovnik (a city in Croatia)

Declension

Declension of Dubrovnik

	singular
nominative	Dùbrōvnīk
genitive	Dubrovnika
dative	Dubrovniku
accusative	Dubrovnik
vocative	Dùbrōvnīče
locative	Dubrovniku
instrumental	Dubrovnikom

Spanish

Proper noun

Dubrovnik ?

1. Dubrovnik (a city in Croatia)