Hadrian

English

Etymology

From the Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”), from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria), possibly from Venetic adur (“water”), related to English water, Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), all from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Doublet of Adrian. See Adria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪ.dɹiː.(j)ən/

Proper noun

Hadrian

1. (historical) The Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.
2. A male given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Adrian.

Related terms

• Adrian

Derived terms

• Hadrian's Wall

Translations

the Roman emperor

• Armenian: Հադրիանոս (Hadrianos), Ադրիանոս (Adrianos)
• Catalan: Adrià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈德良

• Dutch: Hadrianus
• Esperanto: Hadriano
• French: Hadrien (fr)
• German: Hadrian
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• Greek: Αδριανός (el) (Adrianós)

  Ancient: Ἁδριανός m (Hadrianós)

• Italian: Adriano (it)
• Latin: Hadrianus
• Polish: Hadrian (pl)
• Portuguese: Adriano (pt)
• Romanian: Hadrian
• Russian: Адриа́н (ru) (Adrián)
• Spanish: Adriano (es)

male given name — see Adrian

Anagrams

• dharani