Adriatic n 1: an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west [syn: {Adriatic}, {Adriatic Sea}]
Adriatic \A`dri*at"ic\, a. [L. Adriaticus, Hadriaticus, fr. Adria or Hadria, a town of the Veneti.] Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the Gulf of Venice. [1913 Webster]