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adriatic


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Adriatic Sea.

noun

  1. Adriatic Sea.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Adriatic Sea, or to the inhabitants of its coast or islands

noun

  1. the Adriatic short for the Adriatic Sea

sea east of Italy, from Latin Adriaticus, from town of Atria (modern Atri) in Picenum, once a seaport but now more than 12 miles inland. The name is perhaps from atra, neuter of atrum “black,” hence “the black city;” or else it represents Illyrian adur “water, sea.”

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