Venice

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/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɪs

Proper noun

Venice (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. The historical maritime empire of Venice.
3. A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Derived terms

• Most Serene Republic of Venice

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) (bôndukiya) 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 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

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

Anagrams

• evince

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Middle English

Proper noun

Venice

1. Alternative form of Venyse