Adriatic

adriàtic English Alternative forms en Adriatical archaic en Adriatick archaic Etymology From en la Adriāticum, variant of la Hadriātricum, from la Hadria, ultimately from either: an en ett - settlement at the northern shore of the Adriatic Sea. en xil *adur, from en ine-pro *wódr̥ water, related to Proto-Albanian sqj-pro *udrijā, or from en xve adur water, in either case related to la unda and grc ὕδωρ, more at en water. Pronunciation en /ˌeɪ.dɹiˈæt.ɪk/ UK en en-us-Adriatic.ogg US Adjective - Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea. 1 2 She moves me not, or not removes, at least,Affection's edge in me, were she as roughAs are the swelling Adriatic seas: en w:National Geographic 1990 August 178 2 Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided Kenneth C. Danforth 112 The railroad from Belgrade to Bar on the Adriatic coast negotiates 234 bridges and 254 tunnels in its tortuous 295-mile route. Derived terms en adriamycin circum-Adriatic Translations of or pertaining to the Adriatic Arabic: ar أَدْرِيَاتِيّ Armenian: hy ադրիատիկ, hy ադրիական Belarusian: be адрыяты́чны Bulgarian: bg адриати́чески Catalan: ca adriàtic Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亞得里亞的 Yàdélǐyà de Czech: cs jaderský Danish: da Dutch: nl adriatisch Estonian: et Finnish: fi Adrianmeren genitive singular French: fr adriatique Galician: gl adriático Georgian: ka German: de adriatisch Greek: el αδριατικός m Ancient Greek: grc Ἀδριανός m Hungarian: hu Italian: it adriatico Japanese: ja アドリア Adoria Korean: ko ^아드리아 Latin: la Adriaticus, la Hadriaticus Latvian: lv Lithuanian: lt Macedonian: mk јадрански Maltese: mt Adrijatiku Occitan: oc Pannonian Rusyn: rsk ядрански Persian: fa آردریاتکی âdriyâtiki, fa آدریاتیک âdriyâtik Polish: pl adriatycki Portuguese: pt adriático Romagnol: rgn adriàtic Romanian: ro Russian: ru адриати́ческий Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh ја̏дра̄нскӣ Latin: sh jȁdrānskī Slovak: sk jadranský Slovene: sl jadranski Spanish: es adriático Ukrainian: uk адріати́чний Proper noun 1 en sea between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula; an extension of the Mediterranean located between the boot of Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans Adriatic Sea. en 1818 Lord Byron s:Beppo Her husband sail'd upon the Adriatic,And made some voyages, too, in other seas, en 1909 w:Bram Stoker s:The Lady of the Shroud A strange story comes from the Adriatic. en 5 March 1946 w:Winston Churchill Iron Curtain speech From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Translations Adriatic Sea See also en Aegean en Mediterranean