From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishDalmatianDal‧ma‧tian, dalmatian /dælˈmeɪʃən/ noun [countable] 
HBADHPa large dog with short white hair and black or brown spots
HBADHPa large dog with short white hair and black or brown spotsExamples from the Corpus
Dalmatian• Either way, it looks as though 103 Dalmatians may now be out of the question.• She breeds Dalmatians and opens fetes, you know the sort?• A lady dies having willed money separately to her husband and the family Dalmatian.• The city, which is in the Dalmatian region, sits right at the foot of the crescent-shaped country.• The Dalmatians from Ragusa represented the most important of the outside influences which penetrated into the heart of the Balkans.• They might also attempt to blockade roads to Dalmatian coast resorts.• Aunt Sally left her personal estate of several hundred thousand dollars to a home for wayward Dalmatians.Origin Dalmatian (1800-1900) Dalmatia area on the Croatian coast, where the breed came from 