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Is·tri·a

 (ĭs′trē-ə)
A peninsula of northwest Croatia, southwest Slovenia, and northeast Italy projecting into the northeast Adriatic Sea. The original Istrian inhabitants were conquered by the Romans in the second century bc. Istria was subsequently occupied by Venice, Austria, and Italy. All but the area surrounding Trieste was awarded to Yugoslavia in 1947 and in 1991 was split between Croatia and Slovenia.

Is′tri·an adj. & n.
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Istria

(ˈɪstrɪə)
n
(Placename) a peninsula in the N Adriatic Sea: passed from Italy to Yugoslavia (except for Trieste) in 1947 and to Croatia in 1991
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Is•tri•a

(ˈɪs tri ə)

n.
a peninsula of the N Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
Also called Is′trian Penin′sula.
Is′tri•an, n., adj.
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Istra
Istra
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This volume surveys musical life in 16th-century Venice in the context of broader developments in society and institutions, through 18 essays on musical institutions like the San Marco chapel, the confraternities, the academies, and parish, monastic, and nunnery churches; music in the public and private sphere, including ceremonial life and salons and ridotti; musical actors like chapel masters, professional singers, instrumentalists and instrument makers, music printers and publishers, and music theorists; and genres, styles, and cross-cultural traditions like double-choir music, the frottola, instrumental music, polyphony, Jewish art music, and musical ties to Istria and Dalmatia.
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