a port in NW Croatia at the S tip of the Istrian Peninsula: made a Roman military base in 178 bc; became the main Austro-Hungarian naval station and passed to Italy in 1919, to Yugoslavia in 1947, and is now in independent Croatia. Pop: 67 000 (2007 est)
Latin name: Pietas Julia (paɪˈɛɪtæs ˈjuːlɪə). Italian name: Pola