istria
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Name — The name of a peninsula that lies in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, along the Adriatic Sea's northeastern coast, otherwise called the Istrian Peninsula.
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Etymology
From Latin Histria, from Ancient Greek Ἱστρία (Histría), named after Ἵστρων (Hístrōn) (ἔθνος (éthnos)), the ethnicon of the Illyrian/Venetic tribe of the Histri who inhabited the region. The name could itself be related to Hister, a Roman name for the Danube, from Ancient Greek Ἰστρίη (Istríē), the Dacian-Thracian name...
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