Adriatic
[,eidri'ætik]
Definition
(noun.) an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west.
Checked by Alyson--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice.
Edited by Hamilton
Examples
- Ravenna, near the head of the Adriatic, was the capital of the last Roman emperors in the time of Alaric and Stilicho. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We will get Corsica and all the Adriatic coast-line, Rinaldi said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Here was the great world of men between India and the Adriatic ready for union, ready as it had never been before for a unifying control. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What a funny old city this Queen of the Adriatic is! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For a time the whole world, from the Adriatic to the Indus, was under one ruler; so far he had realized the dreams of Isocrates and Philip his father. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Stress of weather drove us up the Adriatic Gulph; and, our vessel being hardly fitted to weather a storm, we took refuge in the port of Ancona. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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