Adriatic

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea

Proper Noun

• The Adriatic Sea, an extension of the Mediterranean Sea located between Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans.

Origin

• From Latin Adriāticus, from Adria, either from:
• an Etruscan settlement at the northern shore of the Adriatic Sea.
• Illyrian *adur, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ("water"), related to Proto-Albanian *udrijā.