Jadran is a popular Croatian last name and the name of many hotels in Croatia. The Croatian-Serbian name for the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic Sea, in short, the Adriatic Sea (Latin Mare Adriaticum, Italian Mare Adriatico, in the South Slavic languages Jadransko more, or simply Jadran, Slovenian: Jadransko morje, Albanian: Deti Adriatik is), a tributary of the Mediterranean Sea, named after the city of Adria in Italy (Rovigo). The Adriatic Sea is expected all that is north of the Strait of Otranto. It separates the Apennine peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula.
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