English Explanatory Dictionary

Most Serene Republic of Venice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Venice, a former polity in Europe, a republic and colonial empire in the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean from AD 697 to 1797 with its capital at Venice.

Word forms

Most Serene Republic of Venice the Most Serene Republic of Venice

Etymology

A calque, partially via Italian and Latin, of Venetan Serenísima Repúblega de Venèsia.

Synonyms

Venice
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