Adriatic

See also: adriàtic

English

Alternative forms

• Adriatical (archaic)
• Adriatick (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Adriāticus, from Adria, either from:

• 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 via Venetic adur (adur, “water”), related to Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.dɹiˈæt.ɪk/

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Adjective

Adriatic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea
   • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:

     She moves me not, or not removes, at least,
     Affection's edge in me, were she as rough
     As are the swelling Adriatic seas:

Translations

of or pertaining to the Adriatic

• Armenian: ադրիատիկ (adriatik), ադրիական (adriakan)
• Catalan: adriàtic
• French: adriatique (fr)
• Italian: adriatico (it) m
• Latin: Adriaticus m, Hadriaticus m
• Maltese: Adrijatiku m

• Persian: آردریاتکی‎ (ādriyātīkī), آدریاتیک‎ (ādriyātīk)
• Portuguese: adriático (pt)
• Romagnol: adriàtic
• Russian: адриати́ческий (ru) (adriatíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ја̏дра̄нскӣ

  Roman: jȁdrānskī (sh)

• Spanish: adriático (es)

Proper noun

Adriatic

1. (usually with "the") The Adriatic Sea, an extension of the Mediterranean Sea located between Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans.
   • 1818 — Lord Byron, Beppo

     Her husband sail'd upon the Adriatic,
     And made some voyages, too, in other seas,

   • 1909 — Bram Stoker, The Lady of the Shroud

     A strange story comes from the Adriatic.

   • 1946 — Winston Churchill, Iron Curtain Speech, (5 March)

     From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

Translations

Adriatic Sea — see Adriatic Sea

See also

• Aegean
• Mediterranean