Hadrian

English

Etymology

From the Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”), from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria), possibly from Venetic adur (adur, “water”), related to English water, Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), all from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Doublet of Adrian. See Adria.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈheɪ.dɹiː.(j)ən/

Proper noun

Hadrian

(historical) The Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.
A male given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Adrian.

Derived terms

Hadrian's Wall

Related terms

Adrian

Translations

the Roman emperor

Armenian: Հադրիանոս (Hadrianos), Ադրիանոս (Adrianos)
Catalan: Adrià (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哈德良
Dutch: Hadrianus
Esperanto: Hadriano
French: Hadrien (fr)
German: Hadrian
Greek: Αδριανός (el) (Adrianós)
Ancient: Ἁδριανός m (Hadrianós)
Italian: Adriano (it)
Latin: Hadrianus
Polish: Hadrian (pl)
Portuguese: Adriano (pt)
Romanian: Hadrian
Russian: Адриа́н (ru) (Adrián)
Spanish: Adriano (es)

male given name — see Adrian

Anagrams

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