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Definition of Adriatic
1. Noun. An arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west.
Terms within: Gulf Of Venice
Group relationships: Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea
Generic synonyms: Sea
Definition of Adriatic
1. a. Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.
Definition of Adriatic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea ¹
2. Proper noun. (context usually with "the") The Adriatic Sea, an extension of the Mediterranean Sea located between Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adriatic
Literary usage of Adriatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1894)
"THE Adriatic COLONIES OF DIONYSIOS. THE planting by Dionysios of Syracusan colonies
... But, over and above these more purely political aims, the Adriatic ..."
2. Greater Italy by William Kay Wallace (1917)
"ITALIANS AND SLAVS ITALY, on entering the Triple Alliance, had arbitrarily
sacrificed her interests in the Adriatic in order to safeguard what she believed ..."
3. South-eastern Europe: The Main Problem of the Present World Struggle by Vladislav R. Savić (1918)
"Italy, by intervening in the present war on the side of the Allies, was able to
promote and to secure the realizations of views upon the Adriatic which her ..."
4. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Élisée Reclus (1882)
"The German and the Magyar are strangers in these Adriatic regions, ... The possession
of harbours on the Adriatic is of paramount importance to the great ..."
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