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Definition of Adriatic sea

1. Noun. An arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west.

Definition of Adriatic sea

1. Proper noun. The sea that stretches from the Ionian Sea to the Gulf of Venice. It is located between the Italian and Balkan peninsulas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adriatic Sea

Literary usage of Adriatic sea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology by Jacob Bryant (1807)
"... where " the mouth or streight of the Ionian gulf and " adriatic sea commences. These two seas have ' • one common inlet: but the Ionian differs from ..."

2. The Face of the Earth: (Das Antlitz Der Erde) by Eduard Suess (1904)
"Recent extension of the adriatic sea. Summary. A uniform and constant curve marks, as we have seen, the northern border of the Alps; it may easily be ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Karstens (1894) breaks it up into parts as follows:— Western Mediterranean Sicilian-Ionian basin Greece and Levant basin adriatic sea Total ..."

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