Venetia
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Proper nounEdit
Venetia
- A female given name from Latin of debated meaning used since the late Middle Ages.
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the Pre-Roman substrate population of the Venetī, name of an ancient people, of possibly Illyrian origin[1]. More at Venice.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯eˈne.ti.a/, [u̯ɛˈnɛt̪iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈne.t͡si.a/, [vɛˈnɛːt̪͡s̪iɑ]
Proper nounEdit
Venetia f sg (genitive Venetiae); first declension
- the country of the Veneti
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Venice
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Venetia |
Genitive | Venetiae |
Dative | Venetiae |
Accusative | Venetiam |
Ablative | Venetiā |
Vocative | Venetia |
Locative | Venetiae |
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DescendantsEdit
- Gallo-Italic
- Italo-Dalmatian
- Old French: Venise
- Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Rhaeto-Romance
- Sardinian: Venetzia
- Venetian: Venesia, Venèsia, Venexia, Venèxia, Venèzsia, Venezsia
- West Iberian
- → Greek: Βενετία (Venetía)
- → Irish: Veinéis
- → Romanian: Veneția
- → Russian: Венеция (Venecija) (see there for further descendants)
- → Slovene: Benetke