a sea-port town of the Austrian province of Croatia, in the Morlachian channel. It is fortified, and contains a church and Capuchin convent, with 220 houses, and about 1000 inhabitants, who carry on considerable trade in wine, honey, wax, and timber. The harbour is very secure, and the merchants have about thirty ships. Long. 15. 9. 31. E. Lat. 40. 31. 45. N.