Dalmatia

See also: Dalmatía

English

Dalmatia (in blue) within Croatia (in light yellow) and Montenegro

Etymology

From Latin Dalmatia, from an Illyrian tribe called the Dalmatae who lived in the region. Believed to be borrowed from Illyrian, akin to Albanian delmë, dele (“sheep”). The toponym Delminium has the same origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dælˈmeɪʃə/

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Proper noun

Dalmatia

2. A historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.
4. (historical) A province of the Roman Empire.

Derived terms

• Dalmatian
• dalmatic

Translations

region in Croatia

• Albanian: Dalmaci (sq) f (indefinite), Dalmacia (sq) f (definite)
• Armenian: Դալմաթիա (hy) (Dalmatʻia)
• Catalan: Dalmàcia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達爾馬提亞 / 达尔马提亚 (Dá'ěrmǎtíyà)

• Czech: Dalmácie (cs)
• Danish: Dalmatien
• Dutch: Dalmatië f or n
• Finnish: Dalmatia (fi)
• French: Dalmatie (fr) f
• Friulian: Dalmazie f
• Galician: Dalmacia (gl) f
• Georgian: დალმაცია (dalmacia)
• German: Dalmatien (de) n
• Hungarian: Dalmácia (hu)
• Icelandic: Dalmatía f
• Irish: An Dalmáit f
• Italian: Dalmazia (it) f
• Kashubian: Dalmackô
• Latvian: Dalmācija
• Lithuanian: Dalmatija
• Macedonian: Далмација f (Dalmacija)
• Malay: Dalmatia
• Marathi: डॅलमेशिया (ḍĕlmeśiyā)
• Occitan: Dalmàcia f
• Old Irish: Dalmait f, Dalmán f
• Polish: Dalmacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Dalmácia f
• Romanian: Dalmația f
• Russian: Далма́ция (ru) (Dalmácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Да̀лма̄ција f

  Roman: Dàlmācija (sh) f

• Slovak: Dalmácia
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Dalmaciska

• Spanish: Dalmacia f
• Swedish: Dalmatien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Dalmasya
• Tajik: Далмотия (tg) (Dalmotiya)
• West Frisian: Dalmaasje

Roman province

• Armenian: Դալմաթիա (hy) (Dalmatʻia)
• Catalan: Dalmàcia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 达尔马提亚 (Dá'ěrmǎtíyà)

• Finnish: Dalmatia (fi)
• French: Dalmatie (fr) f
• German: Dalmatien (de) n
• Italian: Dalmazia (it) f
• Latin: Dalmatia f
• Malay: Dalmatia
• Marathi: डॅलमेशिया (ḍĕlmeśiyā), डालमाटिया (ḍālmāṭiyā)
• Polish: Dalmacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Dalmácia f
• Russian: Далма́ция (ru) (Dalmácija)
• Spanish: Dalmacia f

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• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} Dalmatän (vo)

See also

• Illyria
• Pannonia

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Dalmatia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑlmɑtiɑ/, [ˈdɑ̝lmɑ̝ˌt̪iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Dal‧ma‧ti‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Dal‧ma‧tia

Proper noun

Dalmatia

1. Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea)
2. (historical) Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)

Declension

Inflection of Dalmatia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Dalmatia	—
genitive		Dalmatian	—
partitive		Dalmatiaa	—
illative		Dalmatiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Dalmatia	—
accusative	nom.	Dalmatia	—
	gen.	Dalmatian
genitive		Dalmatian	—
partitive		Dalmatiaa	—
inessive		Dalmatiassa	—
elative		Dalmatiasta	—
illative		Dalmatiaan	—
adessive		Dalmatialla	—
ablative		Dalmatialta	—
allative		Dalmatialle	—
essive		Dalmatiana	—
translative		Dalmatiaksi	—
abessive		Dalmatiatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Dalmatia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Dalmatiani — accusative nom. Dalmatiani — gen. Dalmatiani genitive Dalmatiani — partitive Dalmatiaani — inessive Dalmatiassani — elative Dalmatiastani — illative Dalmatiaani — adessive Dalmatiallani — ablative Dalmatialtani — allative Dalmatialleni — essive Dalmatianani — translative Dalmatiakseni — abessive Dalmatiattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Dalmatiasi — accusative nom. Dalmatiasi — gen. Dalmatiasi genitive Dalmatiasi — partitive Dalmatiaasi — inessive Dalmatiassasi — elative Dalmatiastasi — illative Dalmatiaasi — adessive Dalmatiallasi — ablative Dalmatialtasi — allative Dalmatiallesi — essive Dalmatianasi — translative Dalmatiaksesi — abessive Dalmatiattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Dalmatiamme — accusative nom. Dalmatiamme — gen. Dalmatiamme genitive Dalmatiamme — partitive Dalmatiaamme — inessive Dalmatiassamme — elative Dalmatiastamme — illative Dalmatiaamme — adessive Dalmatiallamme — ablative Dalmatialtamme — allative Dalmatiallemme — essive Dalmatianamme — translative Dalmatiaksemme — abessive Dalmatiattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Dalmatianne — accusative nom. Dalmatianne — gen. Dalmatianne genitive Dalmatianne — partitive Dalmatiaanne — inessive Dalmatiassanne — elative Dalmatiastanne — illative Dalmatiaanne — adessive Dalmatiallanne — ablative Dalmatialtanne — allative Dalmatiallenne — essive Dalmatiananne — translative Dalmatiaksenne — abessive Dalmatiattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Dalmatiansa — accusative nom. Dalmatiansa — gen. Dalmatiansa genitive Dalmatiansa — partitive Dalmatiaansa — inessive Dalmatiassaan Dalmatiassansa — elative Dalmatiastaan Dalmatiastansa — illative Dalmatiaansa — adessive Dalmatiallaan Dalmatiallansa — ablative Dalmatialtaan Dalmatialtansa — allative Dalmatialleen Dalmatiallensa — essive Dalmatianaan Dalmatianansa — translative Dalmatiakseen Dalmatiaksensa — abessive Dalmatiattaan Dalmatiattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• dalmatia
• dalmatialainen

compounds

• dalmatiankoira

Latin

Alternative forms

• Delmatia

Etymology

From the Dalmatae. Believed to be borrowed from Illyrian, akin to Albanian delmë, dele (“sheep”). The toponym Delminium has the same origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [daɫˈma.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [dalˈmat.t͡si.a]

Proper noun

Dalmatia f sg (genitive Dalmatiae); first declension

1. Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea)
2. (historical) Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Dalmatia
genitive	Dalmatiae
dative	Dalmatiae
accusative	Dalmatiam
ablative	Dalmatiā
vocative	Dalmatia

Descendants

• Catalan: Dalmàcia
• Dalmatian: Dalmazia
• French: Dalmatie
• Italian: Dalmazia
• Portuguese: Dalmácia
• Romagnol: Dalmàzia
• Romanian: Dalmația
• Spanish: Dalmacia

Further reading

• “Dalmatia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Dalmatia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Malay

Etymology

From English Dalmatia, from Latin Dalmatia.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /dalmatiə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /dalmatia/
• Rhymes: -iə, -jə, -ə

Proper noun

Dalmatia

1. Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea)
2. (historical) Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)

Derived terms

• anjing Dalmatia
• bahasa Dalmatia
• orang Dalmatia