Definition of Dalmatian

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Dalmatia.

Group relationships: Dalmatia
Generic synonyms: European

2. Adjective. Of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants.
Partainyms: Dalmatia
Derivative terms: Dalmatia

3. Noun. A large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia.
Exact synonyms: Carriage Dog, Coach Dog
Generic synonyms: Canis Familiaris, Dog, Domestic Dog
Specialized synonyms: Liver-spotted Dalmatian

Definition of Dalmatian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Dalmatia.

Definition of Dalmatian

1. Adjective. Relating to Dalmatia or people from Dalmatia. ¹

2. Noun. (context demonym) A person who is from or who lives in Dalmatia. ¹

3. Noun. One of a breed of dog with a short, white coat with dark spots. ¹

4. Proper noun. An extinct Romance language of Croatia. ¹

5. Noun. (alternative spelling of Dalmatian) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dalmatian

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Medical Definition of Dalmatian

1. Of or pertaining to Dalmatia. Dalmatian dog, a carriage dog, shaped like a pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white ground; the coach dog. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dalmatian

dalliances
dallied
dallier
dalliers
dallies
dallop
dallops
dallying
dalmahoy
dalmahoys
dalmania
dalmatian (current term)
dalmatians
dalmatic
dalmatics
dalo
dals
dalt
dalton
daltonian
daltonic
daltonide
daltonides
daltonism
daltonisms
daltonist

Literary usage of Dalmatian

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

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The dalmatian coast towns recognised the Doge as "Duke of Dalmatia" and ... The dalmatian sea-board furnished a food supply which the Lagoons could not ..."

2. The Biblical Repository and Classical Review. by American Biblical Repository (1834)
"Among the dalmatian clergy, there were a few who united a real interest for the preservation of their language and for science in general. Raph. ..."

3. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"In a strictly geographical view, her dalmatian Istrian and dalmatian dominion cannot be separated dominion from her Albanian and purely Greek dominion. ..."

4. The Dogs of the British Islands: Being a Series of Articles on the Points of by John Henry Walsh (1878)
"Without doubt, the dalmatian is a pointer when at home; but in this country he has never been used, so far as I know, except to accompany a carriage, ..."

5. The Dogs of the British Islands: Being a Series of Articles on the Points of by John Henry Walsh (1882)
"Without doubt, the dalmatian is a pointer when at home ; but in this country he has never been used, so far as I know, except to accompany a carriage, ..."

6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1826)
"... Venetian republic.12 The ancestors of these dalmatian kings were equally removed from the use and abuse of navigation they dwelt in the White Croatia, ..."

7. Austria, Including Hungary, Transylvania, Dalmatia, and Bosnia: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"54. From Spalato to Cattaro via Ragusa. The South dalmatian ... Brae), one of the largest dalmatian islands, and after a voyage of i'^nrs. reaches ..."

8. Austria-Hungary, Including Dalmatia and Bosnia: Including Dalmatia and by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"Sorgente or *Source of the Jader (Vrelo Jadro), a fine waterfall in grand surroundings, a genuine dalmatian scene. Walkers, instead of returning by the same ..."

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