Adriatic
English
Alternative forms
- Adriatical (archaic)
- Adriatick (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin Adriāticus, from Adria, either from:
- an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Etruscan settlement at the northern shore of the Adriatic Sea.
- Illyrian *adur, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”), related to Proto-Albanian *udrijā.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
Adriatic (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea
- 1594 — Wiliam Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, i 2
- She moves me not, or not removes, at least,
Affection's edge in me, were she as rough
As are the swelling Adriatic seas:
- She moves me not, or not removes, at least,
- 1594 — Wiliam Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, i 2
Translations
of or pertaining to the Adriatic
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Proper noun
Adriatic
- (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,
- Her husband sail'd upon the Adriatic,
- 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.
- 1818 — Lord Byron, Beppo
Translations
Adriatic Sea — see Adriatic Sea
See also
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