Adrian

proper nounadjectivecommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈeɪ.dɹiː.ən//

A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.

proper noun

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A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.
Which, of he, or Adrian, for a good wager, / Firſt begins to crow ?
"My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie, it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is.
His baptismal register spoke of him pessimistically as John Henry, but he had left that behind with the other maladies of infancy, and his friends knew him under the front-name of Adrian.
I'm afraid neither of us was looking where we were going. We Adrians are notoriously abstracted, are we not?
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rareA female given name from Latin (compare Adriana, Adrianna, Adrienne).
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A surname.
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A village in Livada, Satu Mare County, Romania.
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A village in Gurghiu, Mureș County, Romania.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Emanuel County and Johnson County, Georgia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Rock Creek Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Jackson County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Lenawee County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A charter township in Lenawee County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Nobles County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Watonwan County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Bates County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in Steuben County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in LaMoure County, North Dakota.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Malheur County, Oregon.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in East Franklin Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Edmunds County, South Dakota.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Oldham County, Texas.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Grant County, Washington.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
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A neighborhood of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.

Etymology

From Latin Hadrianus (“from the Roman harbor Hadria”) a place name ultimately from Etruscan 𐌇𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌀 (hatria). Doublet of Hadrian. See Adria.

adjective

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Relating to the Adriatic Sea.
Adrian billows

Forms

plural: Adrians
comparative: more Adrian
superlative: most Adrian

adorable · Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.adore · To worship.adrenaline · Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.

Adrian · A male given name from Latin or Etruscan.

Adriana · A female given name from Latin or Etruscan, a feminine form…Adrien · A surname from French.adrift · Floating at random.

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