Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Adriatic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adriatic \A`dri*at"ic\, a. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Adriatic
n : an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and
Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west
[syn: {Adriatic}, {Adriatic Sea}]
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