dalmatiër

From Dalmatiër (“Dalmatian”), person associated with the coastal region of Dalmatia (in Dutch Dalmatië, the root of the word), presently in Croatia; on account of the similar black-on-white spots on the ermine a royal dalmatic is made of; there exists a popular etymology, only 'applicable' to Dutch, that the dog breed was named after its suitability for geodetic registrations of the maat (“measure(ment)”) of a dal (“dale”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɑlˈmaː.(t)si.ər/

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• Hyphenation: dal‧ma‧ti‧er

dalmatiër m (plural dalmatiërs, diminutive dalmatiërtje n)

1. A canine Dalmatian, a white, black-spotted breed of dog.

• dalmatiek