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ADRIAN COLLEGE ADRIAN COLLEGE, a coeducational institution of higher education in Adrian, Mich., founded in 1852. The students number about 200 and the faculty about 25. The property is valued at about $250,000. The library contains about 10,000 volumes. The president for 1919 was E. W. Anthony, D. D.

ADRIANOPLE (Turkish, Edirné; Bulgarian, Odrin), formerly the third city of European Turkey, stands on the navigable Maritza (the ancient Hebrus), 198 miles W. N. W. of Constantinople by rail. The city has upward of 80,000 inhabitants, of whom about half are Turks. The splendid mosque of Selim II,, the palace, and the immense bazaar of Ali Pasha, may be named as its principal features. It has a silk factory, and a considerable trade in attar of roses and wine. Founded or greatly improved by the Emperor Hadrian, Adrianople was the seat of the Ottoman sultanate from 1366 to 1453. In the Balkan War of 1912-1913, Adrianople, after a stubborn defense of five months, was surrendered to the Balkan allies, March 26, 1913. By the Treaty of London, May 30, 1913, it was ceded to Bulgaria, but in the war that ensued between the former allies, the Turks reoccupied the city, July 20, 1913. By the Treaty of Constantinople, Sept. 29, 1913, Bulgaria formally restored Adrianople to Turkey. During the World War the city was raided many times by enemy airplanes. As a result of the Peace Treaty with Turkey, Adrianople was lost to Turkey and became part of Greece.

ADRIATIC SEA, a large arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending, in a N. W. direction, between the E. coast of Italy and the W. coast of the Balkan peninsula, being terminated to the S. by the Strait of Otranto, 45 miles wide. In the N. it forms the Gulf of Venice, and in the N. E. the Gulf of Trieste. The W. coast is comparatively low and has few inlets, and the N. is marshy and edged with lagoons. On the other side, the coasts of Illyria, Croatia, Dalmatia, and Albania are steep, rocky, and barren, with many inlets, and begirt with a chain of almost innumerable, small, rocky islands.

The total area of the sea, including islands, is calculated at 52,220 square miles—the area of the islands being 1,290; the mean depth is 110 fathoms, the greatest depth, 565 fathoms. The most considerable rivers flowing into the sea are the Adige and the Po. Venice, Trieste, Ancona, Bari, and Brindisi are the chief ports, Brindisi having special importance.

ADULLAM (ad-ul´am), one of the cities of the plain, in the tribe of Judah, fortified by King Rehoboam. The Cave of Adullam. where David hid when pur-