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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.
Pertaining to the Gulf, called, from Venice, the Venetian Gulf.
ADRIAT'IC
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Adriatic
Adriatic
English
Alternative forms
- Adriatical (archaic)
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