Adriatic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adriatic \A`dri*at"ic\, a. [L. Adriaticus, Hadriaticus, fr.
     Adria or Hadria, a town of the Veneti.]
     Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of
     which is known as the Gulf of Venice.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Adriatic
       n : an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and
           Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west
           [syn: {Adriatic Sea}]