Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- See Dubrovnik.
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- proper n. A province of Sicily, Italy.
- proper n. The capital of the Italian province of Ragusa.
- proper n. Dubrovnik, a city in Croatia.
- proper n. The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center
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Examples
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This young man, whose surname, Racazy, had a catch in it which caught every Forsyte, but whose Christian name was Guido, had come, if Francie was to be believed, from a place called Ragusa to conquer London with his violin.
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Adriatic: the Montenegrins and a small city called Ragusa, just above Montenegro in Dalmatia.
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Although no longer called Ragusa, or an independent maritime Republic that rivalled Venice, the sense of being in a unique place is really there.
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It is set in Dubrovnik, sometimes called Ragusa, in the 1930s.
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Over time, "Ragusa" was modified into "ragusea," a noun for the laden merchant ships that sailed from that port in medieval days.
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Marguerite Ragusa said her stepson, Martin Ragusa , had deeded his share of a 114-family Queens apartment building to Mr. Parvaiz.
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Ms. Ragusa said that her stepson told her that he paid for Mr. Parvaiz's education.
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Ms. Ragusa told The Wall Street Journal that on Aug. 15, when she signed an agreement to sell the property for $9.9 million, she learned for the first time that Mr. Parvaiz, not her stepson, was listed as the co-owner of the building.
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A planned sale of the property would net Mr. Parvaiz $2 million, Ms. Ragusa said.
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Neither Mr. Ragusa nor his attorney, James Galvin, returned calls for comment.
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