Dalmatian identity
Dalmatian identity, or sometimes also Dalmatianism, Dalmatianness or Dalmatian nationalism, refers to the historical nationalism or patriotism of Dalmatians and Dalmatian culture. There were significant Dalmatian nationalists in the 19th century, but Dalmatian regional nationalism faded in significance over time in favor of ethnic nationalism of Croats, Italians, Vlachs and Serbs who inhabited the area, encouraged by Italy and Austria and, later, by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and its successor, the Federal Yugoslavia.