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Webster 1913 Edition


Adriatic

Aˊdri-at′ic

,
Adj.
[L.
Adriaticus
,
Hadriaticus
, fr.
Adria
or
Hadria
, a town of the Veneti.]
Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.

Webster 1828 Edition


Adriatic

ADRIAT'IC

,
Adj.
[L. Aldria, or Hadria, the gulf of Venice.]
Pertaining to the Gulf, called, from Venice, the Venetian Gulf.

ADRIAT'IC

,
Noun.
The Venetian Gulf; a Gulf that washes the eastern side of Italy.