# Venetian

> English word · Adjective · IPA /vəˈniʃən/ · frequency rank #19,732

## Definitions
1. Of, from or relating to the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy.
2. Of or related to the former republic of Venice and its colonial empire around the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean Seas.
3. Of or related to Venetan, the language spoken in Veneto, or more specifically the Venetian dialect spoken in the city itself.
4. Synonym of Venetic, of or related to Veneto, the Italian region around the city.
5. Synonym of Venetic, of or related to the Veneti, either of two unrelated tribes of ancient Europe.
6. Synonym of Venusian, of or relating to the planet Venus.

## Etymology
From Latin Venetianus (“Venetic; Venetian”), from Venetia (“lands of the Veneti; Venice, Veneto; Armorica”) + -anus (“-ian”), from Veneti + -ia. In the case of the Veneti of northern Brittany, derived from Gaulish Uenetoi (“the friendly ones, the kinsmen”), from Proto-Celtic *wenet, a derivation from *wenyā (“kindred”). In the case of the Veneti of northeastern Italy, of uncertain origin but presumably taken from a Venetic endonym, possibly Illyrian or Celtic. Equivalent to Veneto or Venetia + -ian.

## Common misspellings (11)
`evnetian`, `veentian`, `veneitan`, `venetain`, `venetiann`, `venetina`, `venettian`, `vennetian`, `venteian`, `vneetian`, `vvenetian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/venetian