Adriatic

Adriatic
Adriatic sea east of Italy, from L. Adriaticus, from town of Atria (modern Atri) in Picenum, once a seaport but now more than 12 miles inland. The name is perhaps from atra, neut. of atrum "black," hence "the black city;" or else it represents Illyrian adur "water, sea."

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