The aoki diabetes research institute (adri) is a non-profit organization dedicated to research in the areas of diabetes and metabolism. Adri is a short form that has emerged independently from several longer names, most commonly adrian / adriรกn / adriano (from latin hadrianus, รขโ‚ฌล“of hadria,รขโ‚ฌย a town in northern italy that gave its name to the รขโ‚ฌยฆ Meaning of adri - what does adri mean?