   dalmatia (; , ; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of croatia, alongside croatia proper, slavonia, and istria. located on the eastern coast of the adriatic sea, the region's hinterland, the dalmatian zagora, ranges in width from fifty kilometres in the north, to just a few kilometres in the south. ==definition== the name dalmatia derives from the name of the dalmatae tribe, which is connected with the illyrian word delme meaning "sheep" (albanian: dele).{{cite book|last=wilkes|first=john|title=the ill
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