It is also perfectly fine to shorten it to Dal when referring to a Dalmatian.:) 

It is a very very old breed and it is believed to have been further refined in the Dalmatia region and hence the name. 

Jay has already included a link to pictures so I'll save you all from pictures of mine:)

Amy (spotz)

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 9:34 AM Jay Faulkner <jay@gr-oss.io> wrote:
I've heard multiple international contributors indicate they don't know how to pronounce Dalmatian. If you have not heard this word said and want to know how to pronounce it, there's a nice pronunciation tool in Cambridge dictionary to help: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/dalmatian.

Also some context on why it might have won: https://www.shutterstock.com/search/dalmatian-puppy :).

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Jay Faulkner
OpenStack TC Chair

On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 4:09 PM Allison Price <allison@openinfra.dev> wrote:
Hi everyone, 

I am excited to share that the name for the OpenStack D release, scheduled for 2H 2024 is Dalmatian. (Congrats, Amy!) 

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We look forward to developing the 30th release of OpenStack! 

Cheers,
Allison