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ADRIATIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west
Synonyms:
Adriatic; Adriatic Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
sea (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)
Meronyms (parts of "Adriatic"):
Gulf of Venice (an arm of the Adriatic Sea)
Holonyms ("Adriatic" is a part of...):
Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea (the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia)