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# venetian

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

«venetian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. From or to do with Venice, a city in Italy built on water with canals instead of streets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#m1)
2. A person who comes from Venice. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/#m3)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «venetian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venetian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«venetian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/venetian.html) on Mova free.