Adriatic
adjective
Adri·at·ic ¦ā-drē-¦a-tik 
¦a-
: of or relating to the sea that lies east of Italy
Word History
Etymology
Middle English Adriatike, borrowed from Latin Adriāticus, Hadriāticus, from Adria, Atria, ancient seaport in northeast Italy + -āticus, suffix forming place-name derivatives (probably after Asiāticus asiatic )
First Known Use
1632, in the meaning defined above