Adriatic

• Adriatical (archaic)
• Adriatick (archaic)

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 from Venetic [script needed] (adur, “water”), in either case related to Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), more at water.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.dɹiˈæt.ɪk/

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Adriatic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.
   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), 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, [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:

the Adriatic

1. A 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; in full, Adriatic Sea.
   • 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 March 5, Winston Churchill, Iron Curtain speech:

     From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

• Aegean
• Mediterranean