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Venice

/ˈvɛnɪs/

Rhymes with -ɛnɪs

Where it comes from

From Middle English Venyse, from Old French Venise or Old Italian, from Medieval Latin Venetia, from Latin Venetī + -ia (suffix forming place names), a local tribe in antiquity whose own little-attested language is now known as Venetic. Initial scholarly agreement that they were Illyrian was based on arguments since refuted. They worshipped Belenus and were possibly Celtic or heavily influenced by Celtic culture, despite repeatedly supporting the Romans against the Gauls. Compare the identical ethnonym Venetī used for Celts of Armorica (ancient Britanny) from Gaulish Uenetoi (“friendly ones, kinsmen”), from Proto-Celtic *wenet, a modified form of *wenyā (“kindred”). Widely but mistakenly derived by the ancient Greeks and Romans from the Eneti of Pamphylia, supposed to have fled to the Adriatic and become the Veneti after supporting the losing side of the Trojan War. As American places, named after the Italian city. Doublet of Venetia and Venezia.

proper noun Venices

countable, uncountable A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Venice and the region of Veneto, Italy; former capital of an independent republic. An. The Duke cannot deny the courſe of law: / for the commoditie that ſtrangers haue / With vs in Venice, if it be denied, / Will much impeach the iuſtice of the State, / Since that the trade and profit of the citty / Conſiſteth of all Nations.
Similar: Serenissima, lagoon city
countable, uncountable A metropolitan city of Veneto, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Venice.
countable, historical, uncountable A former province of Veneto.
countable, historical, uncountable A former polity in Europe, a republic and colonial empire around the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean from CE 697 to 1797 with its capital at Venice.
Similar: Republic of Venice, Most Serene Republic of Venice, Serenissima
countable, uncountable A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. While Santa Monica has a longstanding prohibition against public camping that includes living in vehicles, the van rental business has been a problem in Venice for years.
countable, uncountable A city in Sarasota County, Florida.
countable, uncountable A township in Madison County, Illinois.
countable, uncountable A township in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
countable, uncountable A township in Seneca County, Ohio.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: venezia, veneto, padua, vicenza, venetian, phoenicia, osaka, disneyland, venus, rifle, venetia, preserved, venecia, serenissima, vittorio veneto, verona

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name city and metropolitan city in Italy

Español	Venecia
한국어	베네치아 Benechia, 베니스 Beniseu
日本語	ベネチア Benechia, ヴェネツィア Venetsia, ベニス Benisu, ヴェニス Venisu
中文	威尼斯 Wēinísī
हिन्दी	वेनिस venis
Português	Veneza
Français	Venise
Deutsch	Venedig
Italiano	Venezia
Ελληνικά	Βενετία Venetía, Βενέτσια Venétsia, Ενετία Enetía
Română	Veneția
Русский	Вене́ция Venécija
Tiếng Việt	Vơ-ni-dơ, Uy Nê Tư
العربية	اَلْبُنْدُقِيَّة al-bunduqiyya
עברית	ונציה Venetsia

name former republic

Español	República de Venecia, Serenísima República de Venecia
Français	République de Venise
Deutsch	Venedig
Italiano	Venezia, Repubblica di Venezia, Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia
Ελληνικά	Βενετία Venetía, Βενέτσια Venétsia, Ενετία Enetía
Русский	Венецианская республика Venecianskaja respublika

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@misc{venice_2026,
  title = {Venice},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/venice},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}