DALMATIA, formerly a kingdom and crownland of the Austro-Hungarian empire, in the north west of the Balkan Penin sula, and on the Adriatic Sea. It comprised an area of 4,923 sq.m.: was 210 m. long and in breadth 35 m. Since 1918, however, Dal matia forms a part of the Serb, Croat and Slovene state. (See