Adriatic

[ ey-dree-at-ik, ad-ree- ]

/ ˌeɪ driˈæt ɪk, ˌæd ri- /

of or relating to the Adriatic Sea.

Adriatic Sea.

OTHER WORDS FROM Adriatic

trans-A·dri·at·ic, adjective

They then took the borrowed money and invested it in Greek bonds and in loans to customers around the Mediterranean and Adriatic.

Cyprus’s Emotionally Satisfying, But Likely Ineffective ‘Bail-in’ |Daniel Gross |March 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
One of these companies is building a luxury complex on the gorgeous Lustica Peninsula, which juts out into the pristine Adriatic.

Where Will Mubarak Go? |Stephen Kinzer |February 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The shadows are intense and yet transparent, like the Adriatic waves when they lie out of the sun under the palace bridges.'

The Old Masters and Their Pictures |Sarah Tytler
He saw the Doge espouse the Adriatic by casting a gold ring into it on Ascension day with very great pomp and ceremony.

Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) |John Evelyn

The Adriatic sea and the Danube appear to have been the boundaries of his empire on this side.

A Manual of Ancient History |A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren
The Queen of the Adriatic had lost her charm for us, and for once in our lives we were not sorry to say good-bye to her.

'Farewell, Nikola' |Guy Boothby
But he was shipwrecked in the Adriatic Sea, and was fain to pass through Germany, under an assumed name.

A Child's History of England |Charles Dickens

Adriatic

/ (ˌeɪdrɪˈætɪk) /

of or relating to the Adriatic Sea, or to the inhabitants of its coast or islands

the Adriatic short for the Adriatic Sea