Venta

See also: venta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Lithuanian Ventà.

Proper noun

Venta

1. A city in Šiauliai, Lithuania.

Translations

city in Lithuania

• Lithuanian: Ventà (lt) f

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛn.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛn.ta]

Proper noun

Venta f (genitive Ventae); first declension

1. the name of several towns of Britannia, modern England

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Venta	Ventae
genitive	Ventae	Ventārum
dative	Ventae	Ventīs
accusative	Ventam	Ventās
ablative	Ventā	Ventīs
vocative	Venta	Ventae

Related terms

• Venta Belgārum
• Venta Icēnōrum
• Venta Silurum

See also

• Isca

References

• “Venta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvǣnta]

Proper noun

Vȩñta f (4th declension)

1. a river in Latvia

Declension

Declension of Venta (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	Venta	—
genitive	Ventas	—
dative	Ventai	—
accusative	Ventu	—
instrumental	Ventu	—
locative	Ventā	—
vocative	Venta	—

Derived terms

• Ventspils

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋʲɛnˈtɐ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɐ
• Syllabification: Ven‧tà

Proper noun

Ventà f (demonym venti̇̀škis, female demonym venti̇̀škė) stress pattern 1

1. Venta (a city in Šiauliai County, Lithuania)

Declension

Declension of Ventà

nominative	Ventà
genitive	Ventõs
dative	Veñtai
accusative	Veñtą
instrumental	Ventà
locative	Ventojè
vocative	Veñta

Further reading

• “Venta” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]