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Venetian
[ vuh-nee-shuhn ]
adjective
- of or relating to Venice or its inhabitants.
- pertaining to or designating a style of painting developed in Venice principally during the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized chiefly by rich, often warm colors and the illusion of deep space.
- in or in imitation of the style typical of Venice:
Venetian architecture.
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Venice.
- (lowercase) venetian blind.
- venetians, a tape or braid for supporting the slats of a venetian blind.
- Also called Venetian cloth. Textiles.
- a wool or worsted fabric made in satin or twill weave and sometimes napped, used in the manufacture of lightweight coats, suits, skirts, and dresses.
- a cotton fabric constructed in satin or twill weave, used chiefly for linings.
Venetian
/ ɪˈԾːʃə /
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of Venice or its inhabitants
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Venice
- See Venetian blind
- sometimes not capital one of the tapes that join the slats of a Venetian blind
- a cotton or woollen cloth used for linings
Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
In 1508, he formed a coalition of European powers, the League of Cambrai, setting them upon the Venetians and then taking the field himself.
In Nevada, The Venetian Resort’s child care center, run by KinderCare, sits in a back-of-house hallway steps away from the famous Las Vegas Boulevard.
In Nevada, The Venetian Resort’s child care center, run by KinderCare, sits in a back-of-house hallway steps away from the Las Vegas Boulevard.
Like the original tourists on the Grand Tour, Rinder and Clark met up with prospective love interests too, taking themselves out of their comfort zone to date Venetian men.
Once part of the Byzantine Empire, it was later hotly contested between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetians, who called the town Lepanto.
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