Veneto

British  

/ ˈvɛːneto /

noun

1. Also called: Venezia-Euganea.  a region of NE Italy, on the Adriatic: mountainous in the north with a fertile plain in the south, crossed by the Rivers Po, Adige, and Piave. Capital: Venice. Pop: 4 577 408 (2003 est). Area: 18 377 sq km (7095 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

This resulted in a combined overweight and obesity rate of about 41%, consistent with data from the Veneto region of Italy.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

It is not clear what caused the derailment, although media reports suggested the tram had taken a sharp corner too quickly, as it turned out of Vittorio Veneto street.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

“As soon as we get a cold snap, the chicories start to come out, and from the Veneto over into Friuli, you just have this, like huge variety of different radicchio species,” she says.”

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

As he left the cathedral, Zaia told regional broadcaster TG Veneto that schools should be reading the father’s eulogy, which commentators noted didn’t just mourn Cecchetin but offered a pathway to change.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

Jeanne now wrote from Villa Diedo, the home in the Veneto where she had gone with her brother from Rome, two days after leaving Subiaco.

From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe