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词汇	adriatic
词源	Adriatic sea east of Italy, from Latin Adriaticus, properly Hadriaticus, from town of Atria/Hatria (modern Adria) in Picenum, near Venice, once a seaport but now more than 12 miles inland. The name is perhaps from atra, neuter of atrum "black," hence "the black city;" or else it represents Illyrian adur "water, sea." Entries linking to adriatic Adrian masc. proper name, from Latin Adrianus, properly Hadrianus, literally "of the Adriatic" (see Adriatic). A name taken by several popes, including the only English pontiff, Nicholas Brakespear (died 1159). The proper name Adrienne, etc., when not a fem. form of this, is a transposition of Ariadne: Adriane is the usual form of Ariadne in Chaucer ("House of Fame," etc.). updated on October 10, 2017
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