Adriatic

Adriatic

See also: adriàtic

English

Alternative forms

• Adriatical (archaic)
• Adriatick (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Adriāticum, variant of Hadriātricum, from Hadria, ultimately from either:

• an Etruscan settlement at the northern shore of the Adriatic Sea.
• Illyrian *adur, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”), related to Proto-Albanian *udrijā, or via Venetic adur (adur, “water”), related to Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.dɹiˈæt.ɪk/

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Adjective

Adriatic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea
   • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:

     She moves me not, or not removes, at least,
     Affection's edge in me, were she as rough
     As are the swelling Adriatic seas:

Translations

of or pertaining to the Adriatic

Armenian: ադրիատիկ (adriatik), ադրիական (adriakan) Catalan: adriàtic French: adriatique (fr) Galician: adriático (gl) Italian: adriatico (it) m Latin: Adriaticus m, Hadriaticus m Maltese: Adrijatiku m Persian: آردریاتکی‎ (ādriyātīkī), آدریاتیک‎ (ādriyātīk) Portuguese: adriático (pt) Romagnol: adriàtic Russian: адриати́ческий (ru) (adriatíčeskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ја̏дра̄нскӣ Roman: jȁdrānskī (sh) Spanish: adriático (es)

Proper noun

Adriatic

1. (usually with "the") Ellipsis of Adriatic Sea.; A sea between Italian Peninsula and Balkan Peninsula; an extension of the in the Mediterranean, located between boot of 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,

   • 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.

Translations

Adriatic Sea — see Adriatic Sea

See also

• Aegean
• Mediterranean