Adriatic
adj, name ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea. not-comparable
"She moves me not, or not removes, at least, Affection's edge in me, were she as rough As are the swelling Adriatic seas:"
- 1 A sea between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula; an extension of the Mediterranean located between the boot of Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans; in full, Adriatic Sea.
"Her husband sail'd upon the Adriatic, And made some voyages, too, in other seas,"
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More examples"In Greek literature, the Seven Seas were the Aegean, Adriatic, Mediterranean, Black, Red, and Caspian seas, and the Persian Gulf."
Etymology
From Latin Adriāticum, variant of Hadriātricum, from Hadria, ultimately from either: * an Etruscan settlement at the northern shore of the Adriatic Sea. * Illyrian *adur, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”), related to Proto-Albanian *udrijā, or from Venetic [script needed] (adur, “water”), in either case related to Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), more at water.
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