Adria
Bible Place · Modern name: Adriatic Sea · Water
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About 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.
Description from Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain).
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