a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea; "Verona is on the Adige"

River to the west of the Venetian lagoon, barge-route to Verona, and thence the Brenner Pass.

The Adige (Italian Adige; German: Etsch) is a river with its source in the Alpine region of Trentino-Alto Adige near the Italian border to Austria and Switzerland. At 410 km in length, 220 located in the province of Bolzano, it is the second longest river in Italy, after the Po River with 652 km.