Adriatic
ad·ria·tic
noun
an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west
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From Latin Adriāticum, variant of Hadriātricum, from Hadria, ultimately from either: * an Etruscan settlement at the northern shore of the Adriatic Sea. * Illyrian *adur, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”), related to Proto-Albanian *udrijā, or from Venetic [script needed] (adur, “water”), in either case related to Latin unda and Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr), more at water.
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