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Adriatic

Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea
  • proper noun usually with "the" The Adriatic Sea, an extension of the Mediterranean Sea located between Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans.

Etymologies

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From Latin Adriaticum mare, from Ancient Greek Ἀδρίας

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Examples

  • First of all, Italy proclaims that the Adriatic is an Italian sea, and that Italy ought to control all its coasts.

    The Jugo-Slavs and the Problem of the Adriatic 1919

  • The rest of Europe has caught on; this gem on the Adriatic is the in place to be this summer.

    Tip Sheet 2008

  • The show will take you and 60 others from the skies of Venice to ancient Egypt and the moon in 50 minutes or so, leaving you plenty of time afterwards to grab a gelato and stroll along the Adriatic, which is just outside.

    The Venice Planetarium 2005

  • The show will take you and 60 others from the skies of Venice to ancient Egypt and the moon in 50 minutes or so, leaving you plenty of time afterwards to grab a gelato and stroll along the Adriatic, which is just outside.

    Veniceblog: 2005

  • Blue as the Adriatic are the waters of the land-locked bay, and the snowy sails of pale junks look whiter than snow against its intense azure.

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

  • Venice, and pass by the sea Adriatic, that is clept the Gulf of

    The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • The principal objective of Italy in the Adriatic is the solution once for all of the politico-strategic question of a sea which is commanded in the military sense from the eastern shore, and such a problem can be solved only by one method -- by eliminating from the Adriatic every other war fleet.

    New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

  • The gale that swept the Adriatic was a warning that the season for active operations was drawing to a close, and the admirals reluctantly decided that no more could be done till next spring.

    Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale

  • "But the main reason," he continued, "that sent us to glide this minute over the canal system of the Bride of the Adriatic was the necessity of bracing you up after what you'd been through."

    A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • That organization which, dependent on the C.N.I., was supposed to administer the stores, was known as the Adriatic

    The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Henry Baerlein 1917

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