more properly A'drias, the Adriatic Sea. (Acts 27:27) The word seems to have been derived from the town of Adria, near the Po. In Paul's time it included the whole sea between Greece and Italy, reaching south from Crete to Sicily. [Melita]
A´DRIA, A´TRIA, HA´DRIA, or HA´TRIA (Ἀδρίαor Ἀτρία). It is impossible to establish any distinction b...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Ā̆dria, Ā̆driăcus, Ā̆driānus, Ā̆driātĭcus, etc., v. Hadria, etc. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Adria etc., see Hadria, etc. ...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
(Acts 27:27; R.V., "the sea of Adria"), the Adriatic Sea, including in Paul's time the whole of the ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary