Venice

Definitions

1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Venice and the region of Veneto, Italy; former capital of an independent republic.
   countable, uncountable
2. A metropolitan city of Veneto, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Venice.
   countable, uncountable
3. A former province of Veneto.
   countable, historical, uncountable
4. A former polity in Europe, a republic and colonial empire around the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean from CE 697 to 1797 with its capital at Venice.
   countable, historical, uncountable
5. A township in Illinois, United States.
   countable, uncountable
6. A township in Michigan, United States.
   countable, uncountable
7. A township in Ohio, United States.
   countable, uncountable
8. A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“An. The Duke cannot deny⟳ the courſe of law: / for the commoditie that ſtrangers haue / With vs in Venice, if it be denied, / Will much impeach the iuſtice of the State, / Since that the trade⟳ and profit of the citty / Conſiſteth of all Nations.”

“As I indicated at the outset, for us Shakespeare's Venetian plays lie⟳ between the early modern republic described in Chapter 2, and all the subsequent Venices of our experience⟳, education and imagination, […]”

“While Santa Monica has a longstanding prohibition against public camping that includes living in vehicles, the van rental business has been a problem in Venice for years.”

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