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Dalmatian

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a breed of dog with a short white coat covered in black spots
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Dalmatia
Latin · ancient
"a region on the Adriatic coast"
a historic region along the Adriatic coast, now part of Croatia
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dalmatian
English · 1810s
"a spotted dog breed"
settled as the name for the spotted dog breed associated with the region
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