Chioggia

[ kee-oh-jee-uh; Italian kyawd-jah ]

noun
  1. a city in NE Italy, on an island at the S end of the Lagoon of Venice.

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How to use Chioggia in a sentence

  • We made the journey to Chioggia, but with small pleasure, on account of my illness, which continued all day.

  • Strips of village border the narrow Littorale all the way to Chioggia, and on the right lie the islands of the lagoon.

    Venetian Life | William Dean Howells
  • If the Chioggia scheme is too difficult, then the Fusina route should be taken, for it is simplicity itself.

  • Chioggia is at the end of a line from Rovigo, and it ought not to be difficult to get there either overnight or in the morning.

  • I said at the beginning of this book that the perfect way to approach Venice for the first time is from Chioggia.