Venezia

English

Etymology

From Italian Venezia. Doublet of Venetia and Venice.

Proper noun

Venezia

1. Synonym of Venice (“the capital city of Veneto, Italy”).
   • 1896, W[alter] D[elaplaine] Scull, “Mrs. Platt”, in The Garden of the Matchboxes and Other Stories, London: Elkin Mathews, page 94:

     But it would have been so nice to have a private income, and to be able sometimes to go to Venezia, Firenze, Roma, those places with the beautiful names.

   • 1996, Fred Plotkin, “Introduction: Garibaldi with a Fork”, in Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 5:

     When you plan your first visit to Italy, you will likely put Roma, Firenze, and Venezia at the top of your list, perhaps adding Milano and Napoli as well. These destinations make sense because they are all world-class cities with great history, art, architecture, culture, and food.

   • 2000, Robin Jones Gunn, chapter 6, in Until Tomorrow, Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, pages 65–66:

     “[…] The only thing I really want to see is Venice. That is the place where they have the gondolas, right?” / “Right,” Marcos said. “That is where I live. Venezia.” […] “Do you have water right outside your front door and ride around in gondolas?” Katie asked. / “Of course. Venezia is built on more than a hundred islands. Nearly everyone has water outside the front door. My father owns a jewelry store near the Piazza San Marcos. Carlo Savini Jewelers. If you go to Venezia, you must go to his store. […]”

   • 2014 December, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, chapter 2, in Sustenance: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 40:

     By mid-morning, a squall came whipping up the Adriatic, the sea churning and frothing as it swept into the lagoon, stirring up the canals that made Venezia famous; […]

Italian

Alternative forms

• Vinegia (archaic, poetic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Venetia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈnɛt.t͡sja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛttsja
• Hyphenation: Ve‧nè‧zia

Proper noun

Venezia f

1. Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)
2. Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)
3. the letter V in the Italian spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia

Related terms

• Veneto
• veneziano
• Venezuela
• Venezia Giulia
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• Tre Venezie

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Venezia

1. Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)
2. Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)

Synonyms

• Venedig (old name)

Related terms

• venetiansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Venezia

1. Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)
2. Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)

Synonyms

• Venedig (old name)

Related terms

• venetiansk

Romagnol

Proper noun

Venezia f (Faenza)

1. Venice