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A⋅dri⋅at⋅ic
[ey-dree-at-ik, ad-ree-] 
driˈæt
–adjective
| 1. | of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea. |
–noun
| 2. | Adriatic Sea. |
Adriatic Sea
–noun
| an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula. |
Also called Adriatic.
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Adriatic
A`dri*at"ic\, a. [L. Adriaticus, Hadriaticus, fr. Adria or Hadria, a town of the Veneti.] Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Adriatic
sea east of Italy, from L. Adriaticus, from town of Atria (modern Atri) in Picenum, from atra, neut. of atrum "black," hence "the black city." The masc. proper name Adrian is from L. Adrianus/Hadrianus, lit. "of the Adriatic."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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