The Greek word Adrias refers to the Adriatic Sea — in ancient usage a broader region than today's Adriatic, encompassing the central Mediterranean between Italy, Sicily, Greece, and North Africa. It appears in Acts 27:27 during the account of Paul's shipwreck voyage.
The ancient Adrias was a larger body of water than the modern Adriatic, including what we now call the Ionian Sea and parts of the central Mediterranean. Paul's ship was driven for fourteen nights through this sea in the great storm of Acts 27, one of the most vivid survival narratives in ancient literature. Luke's eyewitness account (note the 'we' passages) records the sailors' terror, Paul's supernatural calm, the angel's assurance, and God's preservation of all 276 souls on board. The Adriatic, feared by ancient sailors for its treacherous conditions, becomes the stage on which God demonstrates his sovereignty over creation and his faithfulness to his appointed messenger.