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Venice
[ ven-is ]
noun
- Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.
- Gulf of, the N arm of the Adriatic Sea.
- a town in SW Florida.
Venice
/ ˈɛɪ /
noun
- a port in NE Italy, capital of Veneto region, built on over 100 islands and mud flats in the Lagoon of Venice (an inlet of the Gulf of Venice at the head of the Adriatic): united under the first doge in 697 ad ; became an independent republic and a great commercial and maritime power, defeating Genoa, the greatest rival, in 1380; contains the Grand Canal and about 170 smaller canals, providing waterways for city transport. Pop: 271 073 (2001) Italian nameVenezia Venetian
Venice
- City in northeastern Italy , built on 118 islets within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice, an arm of the Adriatic Sea .
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Notes
The city houses the famous paintings of such Venetian masters as Titian , Tintoretto, and Paolo Veronese.
Venice was sinking an average of one-fifth of an inch yearly until the middle 1970s, when the government restricted use of water from the city's underground wells.
Instead of streets, Venice has canals, the Grand Canal serving as its main canal. People use gondolas and other boats to move about the city.
Venice was governed as a republic for hundreds of years and long dominated trade between Europe and the Middle East .
Venice is a tourist, commercial, and industrial center and one of Italy's major ports.
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Venice is 13-1 and running away with the Western League championship.
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She brought a reputation as a problem solver for her management of the cleanup of a massive homeless encampment that grew on the Venice beach and boardwalk during the pandemic.
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A man was fatally shot in Venice Beach on Wednesday night, police said.
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In Instagram videos from her Venice kitchen, she cheers on residents while giving updates on tap water and power poles.
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Could the receiver, Carter asked, order Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park to proceed with an unpopular housing project in Venice that she has blocked?
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