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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.