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Venetia definition

Ve·ne·tia (və nē′s̸hē ə, -s̸hə)

  1. ancient district at the head of the Adriatic, north of the Po River: with Istria it formed a Roman province
  2. former region of NE Italy, the E portion of which was ceded to Yugoslavia in 1947
  3. Veneto

Etymology: L < Veneti: see Venetic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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