In this work 440 romance loanwords from the town of Privlaka in Zadar County, in which a south Čakavian dialect is spoken, are analyzed from an etymological and lexicological standpoint. The corpus presented in the dissertation was compiled during fieldwork completed in the town of Privlaka. Due to the breadth of compiled data the corpus has been narrowed to include only the following semantic domains: fishing, seafaring, viticulture, olive growing and oil production, cooperage, land cultivation, animal husbandry and toponymy. The research has shown that the highest percentage of loanwords are taken from the Venetian dialect (70.9%), while a smaller percentage is derived from Dalmatian (15.7%) and Italian (7.7%). The proportionately high number of Venetian loanwords is the logical result of the presence of the Venetian dialect as the language of administration and commerce, which lasted for centuries. The number of Dalmatian loanwords is much lower, as Dalmatian was a substrate language in Croatia and was, for a long period, an adstrate language which was long under the influence of Venetian before dying out completely. The Italian loanwords generally date from a later period, being for the most part loanwords from the 19th and 20th century. Romance loanwords from Dalmatian are included in this work as well, precious due to their rarity. There are 61 covered in the dissertation, as follows: ârta, Batalȁža, Batalȁška glavȉca, Côkljin mȕja, dakmâr (and drakmâr, and dȑkmar), gavûn, gavunâre, Jȁdarac, jârboja (and jârbol), Kapulȉčinka, konȍba, kȍslata, Králjev mȕja, krambučȅla, kûnjčar, kûnjka, lȕća, Mȁdavinka, Mlȁdenov mȕja, mȕja (as well as mûl and mũl), Mûl u Glaváncima, oprâla, ôrkula, pamparȍt, petrusȉmul, pospugȁti, pȍt, pulȉć, pulîngo, rumanȉja, sabûn, sabunȉć, Sabunȉć, Sȁbunike (and Sabunȉke), sabunjâr, Sabunjêre, sambunjâk, spȑtva, spȕga, Srȉdnja planûra, stȕpa, stȕpasto, Sȕpetar, sȕrganje, surgardȉn, surgȁti, škrȁpa, Škrȁpavac, škrpîna, škrpõč travȁč, škrpõč, Škrpõčevica, škrpũn, (po)škrpûniti, šûvor (iht.), tȁklja, trȁlja, traljȁti, tratûr (and trotûr), U bráke, brâk. Among them are 16 toponyms, which are motivated by apellatives. Of these 61 lexemes, 24 of these, despite being of a Dalmatian romance origin, represent reflexes of loanwords in Vulgar Latin, of mainly Greek origin.Of the 440 identified romance loanwords 33 were not analysed with regard to etymology by niether Vinja nor Skok in their respective dictionaries. These are as follows: banjadõr, bȉta and bȉtva, bûmbiti, đongulȉn and zjugulȉn, grȕja, kokodã, korȅnat and kurȅnat, Kulȉna, lânča, lantêrna, lebȉć, lebićâda, lôngo, Mȁdavinka, maeštrâl, meštrâl and maeštrã, mȁkina, mišćêr, pajûn, partênca, pȁš, pȍšta, sidošpȁnja, Sȕpetar, šifûn, šijȁti, šijavôga, špîna, štȅlja, štranbićâda, šufadîn, viôla, vȉžita and vogȁti. This work may serve as a starting point for further research into the lexis of Privlaka. In documenting and identifying Dalmatian romance loanwords our knowledge of that poorly documented, autochthonous, dead language, so important not only to the linguistic history of the Croatian language, but also for its position at the crossroads between the Eastern and Western Romance langauges.