(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:39:34

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.

 

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