"Adrianopolis" suna ne da ya dace da ke nufin wani birni a Thrace, wani tsohon yanki a kudu maso gabashin Turai. Yanzu ana kiran birnin da Edirne kuma yana cikin Turkiyya ta zamani. Sunan "Adrianopolis" ya fito ne daga Sarkin Roma Hadrian, wanda ya kafa birnin a karni na 2 AD. Ma'anar "-polis" tana nufin birni a Girkanci, don haka "Adrianopolis" a zahiri yana nufin "birnin Hadrian."
