say it: dal-MAY-shuhn
dalmatian is a noun and adjective meaning "a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia". It carries 3 recorded senses.
a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia
of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dalmatian come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.