Venetian

Meanings

1. Of, from or relating to the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy.
2. Of or related to the former republic of Venice and its colonial empire around the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean Seas.
3. Of or related to Venetan, the language spoken in Veneto, or more specifically the Venetian dialect spoken in the city itself.
4. Synonym of Venetic, of or related to Veneto, the Italian region around the city.
5. Synonym of Venetic, of or related to the Veneti, either of two unrelated tribes of ancient Europe.
6. Synonym of Venusian, of or relating to the planet Venus.

1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy.
2. A native or inhabitant of the surrounding region of Veneto.
3. A Venetian blind.
4. Galligaskins.
5. Synonym of sequin (“type of gold coin”).

1. The Romance language spoken mostly in the Veneto region of Italy.
2. The form of this language spoken in Venice.

1. Ellipsis of Venetian blind or alternative letter-case form of Venetian.

Etymology

From Latin Venetianus (“Venetic; Venetian”), from Venetia (“lands of the Veneti; Venice, Veneto; Armorica”) + -anus (“-ian”), from Veneti + -ia. In the case of the Veneti of northern Brittany, derived from Gaulish Uenetoi (“the friendly ones, the kinsmen”), from Proto-Celtic *wenet, a derivation from *wenyā (“kindred”). In the case of the Veneti of northeastern Italy, of uncertain origin but presumably taken from a Venetic endonym, possibly Illyrian or Celtic. Equivalent to Veneto or Venetia + -ian.