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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Example Sentences

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

Data from FlightRadar24 shows the flight cruising at 36,000ft when almost three hours into its journey, over the Adriatic Sea, it took a sharp left-hand turn and landed 20 minutes later.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

In the predawn hours of March 13, 1944, a Halifax bomber flew across the black waters of the Adriatic Sea carrying four Jewish paratroopers equipped with submachine guns, pistols and knives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Basketball Hall of Famer and former Lakers fan favorite Vlade Divac broke his hip Thursday when he fell from his motorcycle while riding near the Adriatic Sea coast in Montenegro.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025

With them this time was the twenty-four- year-old fighter-pilot captain with the sparse golden mustache who had been shot into the Adriatic Sea in midwinter and not even caught cold.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller