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VENETIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Venetia mean? 

VENETIA (noun)
  The noun VENETIA has 1 sense:

1. a region of northeastern Italy on the Adriaticplay

  Familiarity information: VENETIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VENETIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Venetia; Veneto; Venezia-Euganea

Instance hypernyms:

Italian region (Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Venetia"):

Padova; Padua; Patavium (a city in Veneto)

Venezia; Venice (the provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction)

Verona (a city in Veneto on the River Adige)

Holonyms ("Venetia" is a part of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)


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