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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
A·dri·at·ic 
[ey-dree-at-ik, ad-ree-] Pronunciation Key
[ey-dree-at-ik, ad-ree-] Pronunciation Key
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Adriatic
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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| adriatic | |
noun | |
| an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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