How to Pronounce Adria
AY-dree-uh
Adria is pronounced AY-dree-uh (ˈeɪdriːə): three syllables, stress on the first.
Where was Adria?
(Acts 27:27; R.V., “the sea of Adria”), the Adriatic Sea, including in Paul’s time the whole of the Mediterranean lying between Crete and Sicily. It is the modern Gulf of Venice, the Mare Superum_ of the Romans, as distinguished from the Mare Inferum_ or Tyrrhenian Sea.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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