Istria

Meaning

Proper Noun

• peninsula Croatia (country), Slovenia, and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.
• county in western Croatia (country).

Origin

• From Latin Histria, from Ancient Greek Ἵστρια, named after Ἱστρών (ἔθνος), 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, the Dacian-Thracian name for the river god Danubius, a name meaning "swift," and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-. Also see Histria.