Venice

American  

[ven-is] / ˈvɛn ɪs /

noun

1. Italian Venezia.  a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.

2. Gulf of, the N arm of the Adriatic Sea.

3. a town in SW Florida.

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Venice British  

/ ˈvɛnɪs /

noun

1. Italian name: Venezia.  a port in NE Italy, capital of Veneto region, built on over 100 islands and mud flats in the Lagoon of Venice (an inlet of the Gulf of Venice at the head of the Adriatic): united under the first doge in 697 _ad ; became an independent republic and a great commercial and maritime power, defeating Genoa, the greatest rival, in 1380; contains the Grand Canal and about 170 smaller canals, providing waterways for city transport. Pop: 271 073 (2001)

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Venice Cultural  

1. City in northeastern Italy, built on 118 islets within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice, an arm of the Adriatic Sea.

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The city houses the famous paintings of such Venetian masters as Titian, Tintoretto, and Paolo Veronese.

Some of the city's landmarks are Saint Mark's Square, on which sits the Basilica of Saint Mark, the Bell Tower, the Palace of the Doges (the former rulers of the city), and the Academy of Fine Arts.

Venice was sinking an average of one-fifth of an inch yearly until the middle 1970s, when the government restricted use of water from the city's underground wells.

Instead of streets, Venice has canals, the Grand Canal serving as its main canal. People use gondolas and other boats to move about the city.

Venice was governed as a republic for hundreds of years and long dominated trade between Europe and the Middle East.

Venice is a tourist, commercial, and industrial center and one of Italy's major ports.

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Wandering the “maze” of streets in Venice takes patience, he tells us: “Proceeding like the knight in a game of chess, you chart a course of right angles.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Kusama made a major global breakthrough after representing Japan at the Venice Biennale in the 1990s.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

New York, Venice, Maine: For people like the writer and his friends, the world became both more expansive and more intimate through the personal and artistic lines—poetic and painterly—that brought them together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The Venice compound, which was built in 2004 by Los Angeles-based architect Kevin Mulcahy and which Scott purchased in 2017 for $2.2 million, spans 4,600 square feet.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Venice is overrun, Mars said, as Rome was about to be.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan