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Istria ( Croatian, Slovene: Istra, Čakavian: Istrija, Jistra, ; Italian: Istria ; Istriot: Eîstria ; German: Istrien ; Hungarian: Isztria ), formerly Histria ( Latin ), is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea.

The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner.

It is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy .< ref name =" Day-East-Thomas "> Alan John Day, Roger East, Richard Thomas, A political and economic dictionary of Eastern Europe, Routledge, 1 < sup > sr </ sup > ed.

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