Venice

English

Etymology

From Middle English Venyse, from Old French Venise or Old Italian, from Medieval Latin Venetia, from Latin Veneti, an ancient (possibly Illyrian) tribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnɪs/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɪs

Proper noun

Venice (countable and uncountable, plural Venices)

1. A maritime city and associated province of Veneto, Italy.
   • 2010, Graham Holderness, Shakespeare and Venice, →ISBN, page 141:

     As I indicated at the outset, for us Shakespeare's Venetian plays lie between the early modern republic described in Chapter 2, and all the subsequent Venices of our experience, education and imagination, […]

2. (historical) A former maritime empire in the Mediterranean. Capital: Venice
3. A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

   Hyponyms: Venice Beach, Muscle Beach

4. Ellipsis of Venice Township.: Three townships, in Illinois, Michigan and Ohio, United States, listed under Venice Township.

Derived terms

• Most Serene Republic of Venice
• Venice Beach
• Venice Township

 

Related terms

• Venetian

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: ベニス (Benisu), ヴェニス (Venisu)
• → Korean: 베니스 (Beniseu)
• → Mandarin: 威尼斯 (Wēinísī)
  • → Cantonese: 威尼斯 (wai1 nei4 si1)
• → Welsh: Fenis

Translations

city and province in Italy

• Arabic: اَلْبُنْدُقِيَّة‎ f (al-bunduqiyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: فينيسيا‎ f (vinesya)

  Hijazi Arabic: البندقية‎ f (al-bundugiyya), ڤنيسيا‎ f (vinīsya)

• Armenian: Վենետիկ (Venetik)
• Belarusian: Вене́цыя f (Vjenjécyja)
• Bengali: বন্দুকিয়া (bn) (bondukiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Вене́ция f (Venécija)
• Catalan: Venècia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 威尼斯 (wai¹ nei⁴ si¹)

  Mandarin: 威尼斯 (zh) (Wēinísī)

• Czech: Benátky (cs) f pl
• Danish: Venedig (da)
• Dutch: Venetië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Venecio
• Estonian: Veneetsia (et)
• Farefare: Venetia (Italian city), Vɛnɩsɩ (Californian city)
• Faroese: Venesia
• Finnish: Venetsia (fi)
• French: Venise (fr) f

  Middle French: Venisse

• Friulian: Vignesie f
• Galician: Venecia (gl)
• Georgian: ვენეცია (venecia)
• German: Venedig (de) n
• Greek: Βενετία (el) f (Venetía)
• Hebrew: ונציה‎ f (Venetsia)
• Hungarian: Velence (hu)
• Icelandic: Feneyjar f pl
• Indonesian: Venesia
• Irish: Veinéis f
• Italian: Venezia (it) f
• Japanese: ベネチア (Benechia), ヴェネツィア (Venetsia), ベニス (Benisu), ヴェニス (Venisu)
• Khmer: វេនីស (veiniih)
• Korean: 베네치아 (Benechia), 베니스 (Beniseu)
• Ladin: Unieja f
• Latin: Venetiae (la) f pl, Venetia (la) f
• Latvian: Venēcija f
• Lithuanian: Venecija f
• Macedonian: Вене́ција f (Venécija)
• Maltese: Venezja
• Marathi: व्हेनीस m or n (vhenīs)
• Middle English: Venyse
• Norman: Venise f, V'nise f
• Norwegian: Venezia
• Occitan: Venècia f, Venèsia f
• Ottoman Turkish: وندیك‎ (Venedik)
• Persian: ونیز‎ (fa) (veniz)
• Polish: Wenecja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Veneza (pt) f
• Romanian: Veneția f
• Russian: Вене́ция (ru) f (Venécija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Венеција f

  Roman: Venecija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Vinezzia f
• Slovak: Benátky f pl
• Slovene: Benétke (sl) f pl
• Spanish: Venecia (es) f
• Swedish: Venedig (sv)
• Tagalog: Benesya
• Telugu: వెనిస్ (venis)
• Turkish: Venedik (tr)
• Ukrainian: Вене́ція f (Venécija)
• Urdu: وینس‎ m (veenis)
• Venetian: Venesia f, Venexia f, Venèsia (vec) f, Venèxia f, Venezsia f, Venèzsia f
• Welsh: Fenis f
• West Frisian: Feneesje n
• Yiddish: ווענעציע‎ f (venetsye)

empire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: Venedig (da)
• Finnish: Venetsia (fi)
• German: Venedig (de) n
• Italian: Venezia (it) f
• Ladin: Unieja f
• Swedish: Venedig (sv)

See also

• Cannaregio
• Castello
• Dorsoduro
• San Marco
• San Polo
• Santa Croce
• Venezia

 

Anagrams

• evince

Middle English

Proper noun

Venice

1. Alternative form of Venyse