Venice
English
Etymology
From Middle English Venyse, from Old French Venise or Old Italian, from Medieval Latin Venetia, from Latin Veneti, an ancient (possibly (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Illyrian) tribe.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Venice (plural Venices)
- 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, […]
- The historical maritime empire of Venice.
- A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
city and province in Italy
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empire
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)
See also
Anagrams
Middle English
Proper noun
Venice
- Alternative form of Venyse
Categories:
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɛnɪs
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- en:Venice
- en:Cities in Veneto
- en:Cities in Italy
- en:Provinces of Italy
- en:Places in Veneto
- en:Places in Italy
- English terms with quotations
- en:Neighborhoods in California, USA
- en:Places in Los Angeles
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Exonyms
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