Adriatic
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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 (“water”), related to Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), more at water.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Adriatic (not comparable)
- 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- 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
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Proper noun
Adriatic
- (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 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.
Translations
Adriatic Sea — see Adriatic Sea