Hadrian Name Meaning
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Hadrian Name Meaning
HistoryFrom the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, which meant "from Hadria" in Latin. Hadria was a town in northern Italy (it gave its name to the Adriatic Sea). A famous bearer of the name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus,...
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