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Adria

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Adria (â'dri-ah), Acts 27:27, is now the gulf which lies between Italy on one side, and the coast of Dalmatia on the other. It is called the Gulf of Venice. In the apostle's time it is supposed to have denoted the whole breadth of the Mediterranean sea, from Crete to Sicily.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Adria'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​a/adria.html. 1893.
 
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