Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
from Dinara, ancient name of a mountain in Dalmatia.
Wikipedia
The term Dinaric comes from the name of a mountain called Dinara, on the border of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- In geography, it is used to describe the Dinaric Alps mountain chain.
- In physical anthropology, it is used to describe the Dinaric race.
Usage examples of "dinaric".
Alps stretch into Croatia, in the south-east rise the towering Dinaric mountains.
The great height of the north-western mountains and the karst nature of the Dinaric mountains emphasise their role as a boundary.
The summers are hot, but cooler in areas closer to the Dinaric mountains.
Croatia flow into the Black Sea and the Adriatic, and the watershed between the two basins lies along the Dinaric range.
By about 600 they had already settled the Dinaric mountains, and they seem to have reached the Adriatic at some points in the early seventh century.
Towns in Slavonia developed most quickly, especially Osijek, while small settlements in the barren Dinaric region lagged behind.
The Ustashas had most of their sympathisers among the less educated classes, and in some poor regions of the Dinaric mountains where Serbs and Croats lived mixed.
Most came from the Dinaric mountain region, but also from Zagorje and elsewhere.
Many JNA officers brought the primitivism and propensity for violence that they began to show from their home regions -- most were from the Dinaric mountains.