Venetia

English

Proper noun

Venetia

  1. A female given name of debated meaning used since the late Middle Ages.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From the Pre-Roman substrate population of the Venetī, name of an ancient people of possibly Illyrian origin[1]. More at Venice.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /weˈne.ti.a/, [wɛˈnɛ.ti.a]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈne.t͡si.a/, [veˈneː.t͡si.a]

Proper noun

Venetia f (genitive Venetiae); first declension

  1. the country of the Veneti
  2. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Venice

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Venetia
genitive Venetiae
dative Venetiae
accusative Venetiam
ablative Venetiā
vocative Venetia
locative Venetiae

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Istituto Geografico de Agostini, Nomi d'Italia, 2009, →ISBN
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