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ˈɪs tri əis·tri·a

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  1. Istrianoun

    A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.

  2. Istrianoun

    A county in western Croatia.

  3. Etymology: From Histria, from the ethnicon of the Illyrian tribe of the Histri who inhabited the region.

Wikipedia

  1. Istria

    Istria ( ISS-tree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Istriot: Eîstria; Istro-Romanian, Italian and Venetian: Istria; formerly Histria in Latin and Ἵστρια in Ancient Greek) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf. It is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy. Croatia encapsulates most of the Istrian peninsula within Istria County.

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  1. Istria

    Istria, formerly Histria, is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner. It is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Istria

    a mountainous territory of Austria, in the NE. corner of the Adriatic; yields olive-oil, figs, and vines, though often swept by sirocco and bora winds.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. istria

    ). Made a Roman colony about 180 B.C., and fortified A.D. 168. Constantine II. was slain in a battle with Constans, fought at Aquileia towards the close of March, 340. Maximus was defeated and slain by Theodosius, near Aquileia, July 28, 388. Theodosius defeated Eugenius and Arbogastes, the Gaul, near Aquileia, and remained sole emperor, September 6, 394. Eugenius was put to death, and Arbogastes died by his own hand, mortified by his overthrow. In 452 Aquileia was almost totally destroyed by Attila the Hun, and near it in 489 Theodoric and the Ostrogoths totally defeated Odoacer, the king of Italy.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of istria in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of istria in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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