Hadrian

English

Etymology

From the Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”), from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria), possibly from Venetic [script needed] (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.

Derived terms

• Hadrian's Wall

Related terms

• Adrian

Translations

the Roman emperor

• Armenian: Հադրիանոս (Hadrianos), Ադրիանոս (Adrianos)
• Bulgarian: Адриа́н m (Adrián)
• Catalan: Adrià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈德良

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

  Ancient: Ἁδριανός m (Hadrianós)

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

male given name — see Adrian

Anagrams

• dharani