Venetian

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Venetian could mean:

Contents 1 As an adjective 2 As a noun 3 As part of a proper name 4 In a title 5 See also

[edit] As an adjective

• Of Venice, or any other city of the same name; see Venice (disambiguation).
• Of Venetia (region) in northeast Italy, or any other place called Venetia.
• Of the Republic of Venice, which existed from 8th to the 18th century.
• Of several ancient tribes called Veneti; more properly, Venetic.
• Rarely, of the Veneto region of Italy; more properly, Venetan.

In particular:

• Venetian School, a group of music composers.
• Venetian Gothic architecture, originated in the 14th century.
• Venetian ceruse, 16th century white lead based cosmetic.
• Venetian red, an artist's pigment.
• Venetian soup.
• Venetian mask, traditionally worn in the Venetian carnival.

[edit] As a noun

• The Venetian language.
• A venetian blind, a kind of window covering.

[edit] As part of a proper name

• The town of Venetian Village, Illinois (3,082 people in 2000).
• The neighborhood of Venetian Isles, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Venetian Albania and Venetian Slovenia, former possessions of the Republic of Venice.
• Venetian Causeway and Venetian Islands in Biscayne Bay, Florida.
• Venetian Court, a resort in Capitola, California.
• Venetian Pool, a public pool in Coral Gables, Florida.
• Village on Venetian Bay, a waterside shopping district in Naples, Florida.
• Hythe Venetian Fete, a traditional carnival of Kent, England.
• The Venetian (Las Vegas), a resort hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• The Venetian Macao, a hotel and casino in Macau, China.
• Disney's Venetian Resort, an unrealized project for Walt Disney World, Florida.
• Venetian Snares, the performing name of Canadian breakcore/IDM musician Aaron Funk.
• The Venetians (Australian band), a pop music band of the mid 1980s.
• The Venetians (American band) from Los Angeles, California.
• Venetians in Movement, an Italian political party.

[edit] In a title

• The Venetians (book), an 1892 novel by Elizabeth Braddon.
• The Anonymous Venetian (film), a 1970 Italian movie by E. M. Salerno.
• The Anonymous Venetian (novel), a 1994 book by Donna Leon.
• The Venetian Affair (film), a 1967 spy movie.
• The Venetian Twins (musical comedy), a 1979 play by Nick Enricht.

[edit] See also

• Venetic language, spoken by the ancient Adriatic Veneti