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# venetian

«venetian» in Mova's school dictionary: **From or to do with Venice, a city in Italy built on water…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Venetian); noun (a Venetian, Venetians); noun (venetian blind, venetian blinds)

### meaning for a pupil

1) From or to do with Venice, a city in Italy built on water with canals instead of streets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#m1)

2) A person who comes from Venice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#m2)

3) A venetian blind is a window blind made of many thin flat strips that tilt to let light in or keep it out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, Venetian merchants traded across the Mediterranean, and Marco Polo was Venetian. In art, Venetian glass and Venetian masks are famous. At home, a venetian blind is a common kind of blind.

### examples

- Marco Polo was a famous Venetian traveller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#x1)
- We bought a Venetian mask for the carnival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#x2)
- Venetian boats are called gondolas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#x3)
- Pull the cord to open the venetian blind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#x4)
- The Venetians built their city on islands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#x5)
- Venetian glass is beautiful and colourful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#x6)

### note

With a capital V when it means Venice; the blind is often written with a small v. Do not confuse with «Venusian» (from the planet Venus).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «venetian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.