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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 Adriatic
Familiarity information: VENETIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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