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  • Venetian people
    Venetian people

    The Venetians are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Veneto, a regions of Italy of Italy, whose regional constitution proclaims the "self-government of the Venetian people"....
    , an ethnic group in Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
  • Venetian language
    Venetian language

    Venetian or Venetan is a Romance languages spoken by over two million people, mostly in the Veneto region of Italy. The language is called v?neto in Venetian, veneto in Italian; the variant spoken in Venice is called venexi?n/venesi?n or veneziano, respectively....
    , a language spoken in Veneto
    Veneto

    Veneto or Venetia , is one of the 20 Regions of Italy of Italy. Its population is about 4.8 million, and its capital is Venice. Once the cradle of the renowned Republic of Venice, then a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today among the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Italy....
    , Friuli-Venezia Giulia
    Friuli-Venezia Giulia

    Friuli-Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,856 km? and about 1.2 million inhabitants....
    , Istria
    Istria

    File:Istria Croatian Adriatic.pngIstria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner....
     and Brazil
    Brazil

    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
  • Historical inhabitants of the Republic of Venice
    Republic of Venice

    The Most Serene Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice . It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century AD until the year 1797....
  • Veneti
    Veneti

    Veneti may refer to:*Veneti , a Celtic tribe who once lived in what is now Brittany, France*Adriatic Veneti, a bygone people of northeastern Italy who spoke an unclassified Indo-European language...
     inhabitants of region Veneto which was part of Venetian Republic and now part of Italy
  • Anyone or anything from Venice
    Venice

    Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
  • Venetians in Movement
    Venetians in Movement

    File:Veneti Logo.jpgVenetians in Movement is an Venetism separatism cross-party political movement which aims to promote independence regardless of individual political positions such as left or right, in a democratic and nonviolent way....
    , a separatist political movement
  • Venetian Gothic architecture
    Venetian Gothic architecture

    Venetian Gothic is a term given to a style of architecture combining use of the Gothic architecture lancet window with Byzantine architecture and Moorish architecture influences....
    , originated in the 14th century
  • Venetia
    Venetia

    Venetia is a name used mostly in a historical context for the area of Northeast Italy, corresponding approximately to the present-day Italian administrative regions of the Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia....
    , disambiguation
  • Venetian Slovenia
    Venetian Slovenia

    Venetian Slovenia is a small mountainous region in northeastern Italy, in the area between the towns of Cividale del Friuli , Tarcento and Gemona along the border between Italy and Slovenia....
    , region in northeastern Italy
  • Albania Veneta
    Albania Veneta

    Albania Veneta was the name for the possessions of the Republic of Venice in southern Dalmatia that existed from 1420 to 1797. It originally covered the coastal area of what is now northern Albania and the coast of Montenegro, but the Albanian and southern Montenegrin parts were lost to the Ottoman Empire in 1571 ....
    , 15th - 18th century possessions of Venice in Dalmatia


Locations in the United States

  • Venetian Village, Illinois
    Venetian Village, Illinois

    Venetian Village is a census-designated place in Lake County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,082 at the 2000 census....
    , small American town
  • Venetian Isles, New Orleans
    Venetian Isles, New Orleans

    Venetian Isles is a neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is located on the western shore of the Chef Menteur Pass on the northern side of U.S....
    , Louisiana
  • Venetian Causeway
    Venetian Causeway

    The Venetian Causeway crosses Biscayne Bay between the Miami, Florida on the mainland and Miami Beach on a barrier island in southern Florida....
    , Florida
  • Venetian Islands, Miami Beach, Florida
    Venetian Islands, Miami Beach, Florida

    The Venetian Islands are a chain of artificial islands in Biscayne Bay in the cities of Miami, Florida and Miami Beach, Florida, Florida. The islands are, from west to east: Biscayne Island, Miami, Florida , San Marco Island, Miami, Florida , San Marino Island, Miami Beach, Florida , Di Lido Island, Miami Beach, Florida , Rivo Alto Isla...
     in Biscayne Bay, Florida
  • Venetian Court
    Venetian Court

    Venetian Court is a residential seaside resort located in Capitola, California. Construction of Venetian Court began in 1924 and continued for several years....
    , a resort in Capitola, California
  • Venetian Pool
    Venetian Pool

    The Venetian Pool is a United States public swimming located in Coral Gables, Florida, Florida. It was created from an old coral quarry abandoned in 1921 on ....
    , a public pool in Coral Gables, Florida
  • Village on Venetian Bay
    Village on Venetian Bay

    The Village on Venetian Bay is an upscale, waterside open-air shopping district in Naples, Florida. The mall contains myriad upscale shops, mostly specializing in home decor....
    , a waterside shopping district in Naples, Florida
  • The Venetian (Las Vegas), a resort hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Disney's Venetian Resort
    Disney's Venetian Resort

    Disney's Venetian Resort was to be a The Walt Disney Company-owned Deluxe resort to be located at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida that originally would have begun operation on October 1, 1971....
    , an unrealized project for Walt Disney World, Florida


Other locations

  • Hythe Venetian Fete
    Hythe Venetian Fete

    The Hythe Venetian Fete is a traditional "floating tableaux" that dates back to the 1860s and takes place on the third Wednesday in August, every two years, on the Royal Military Canal at Hythe, Kent in Kent, England....
    , a traditional carnival of Kent, England
  • The Venetian Macao
    The Venetian Macao

    The Venetian Macao is a Renaissance Venice-themed luxury hotel and casino resort in Macau, People's Republic of China owned by the Las Vegas Sands corporation....
    , a hotel and casino in Macau, China


Music and entertainment


  • Venetian Snares
    Venetian Snares

    Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canada electronic musician Aaron Funk .From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures ....
    , the performing name of Canadian breakcore/IDM musician Aaron Funk
  • The Venetians (Australian band)
    The Venetians (Australian band)

    The Venetians were an Australian New Romantic band in the 1980s....
    , a pop music band of the mid 1980s
  • Venetian School
    Venetian School

    In music history, the Venetian School is a term used to describe the composers working in Venice from about 1550 to around 1610; it also describes the music they produced....
    , a group of music composers
  • The Anonymous Venetian (film)
    The Anonymous Venetian (film)

    Anonimo Venziano is a 1970 in film Italy award winning drama film written and directed by the famous Italian actor Enrico Maria Salerno on his debut as film director....
    , 1970 Italian movie (Anonimo Venziano) by E. M. Salerno
  • The Venetian Affair (film)
    The Venetian Affair (film)

    The Venetian Affair is a 1967 spy film, starred by Robert Vaughn and Elke Sommer based on a novel by Helen MacInnes. It was shot in location at Venice, Italy....
    , 1967 spy movie
  • The Venetian Twins (musical comedy)
    The Venetian Twins (musical comedy)

    The Venetian Twins is an Australian two-act musical comedy adapted from The Venetian Twins. It had adaptation and lyrics by Nick Enright and music by Terence Clarke ....
    , 1979 play by Nick Enricht
  • The Venetians, 1892 novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
    Mary Elizabeth Braddon

    Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a United Kingdom Victorian era popular Novelists. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret....
  • The Anonymous Venetian, 1994 book by Donna Leon
    Donna Leon

    Donna Leon is an United States author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti....


Other uses

  • Venetian window blind
    Window blind

    A window blind is a specific type of window covering which is made with slats of fabric, wood or metal held in place with strings or fabric strips called tapes, if horizontal or metal or plastic tracks with carriers if vertical....
  • Venetian ceruse
    Venetian ceruse

    Venetian ceruse, also known as "spirits of Saturn", was a skin whitening cosmetic used in the 16th century with a base of white lead. It was highly prized and widely used , even though it was known that extensive use would cause lead poisoning, leading to severe sickness or even death....
    , 16th century white lead based cosmetic, also known as "Windows of Saturn"
  • Venetian red
    Venetian red

    Venetian red is a light and warm pigment that is a darker shade of scarlet , derived from nearly pure ferric oxide of the hematite type. Modern versions are frequently made with synthetic red iron oxide....
    , an artist's pigment
  • Venetian style shoe
    Venetian style shoe

    Venetian style shoes or venetian-style loafers are mid-heel slippers with an wiktionary:upper or top part that is slightly open to the kick of the foot and the ankle bone ....
    , a type of slipper resembling the venitian style barks
  • Venetian mask
    Venetian mask

    Venetian masks are a centuries-old tradition of Venice, Italy. Worn during the Carnevale , however In the past, the masks have been used on many other occasions as a device for hiding the wearer's identity and social status....
    , traditionally worn in the Venetian carnival