Adriatic Sea

American  

noun

1. an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula.

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Adriatic Sea British  

noun

1. an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula

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Adriatic Sea Cultural  

1. An arm of the Mediterranean Sea bordered by Italy to the west and north, and Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, and Albania to the east.

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Adriatic Sea

To the east, the Adriatic Sea separates Italy from the partially visible Balkan Peninsula.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

ZVERNEC, Albania—On the doorstep of a Jared Kushner-linked development site on the Adriatic Sea, a group of determined villagers set out in late May to protest barbed-wire fencing preventing their access to a coastal peninsula.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

If I close my eyes, I’m on a sun-baked patio overlooking the Adriatic Sea and not semi-rushing my way out the door to work.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Higher temperatures in the Adriatic Sea are encouraging invasive species such as the poisonous lionfish, while also causing further stress on alpine glaciers that are already shrinking at record rates.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025

She had no idea what the Adriatic Sea was like; She’d never heard of Bologna, and all she knew about Venice was vague stories about canals and gondolas.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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