Venetia

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vəˈniʃə/, /vɪˈniːʃə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɪˈniːʃə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːʃə

From Latin Venetia, from Venetī + -ia. Doublet of Venezia and Venice.

Venetia

1. a historical region in northeastern Italy, roughly corresponding to the modern Veneto

“Venetia” in Britannica

Uncertain.

Venetia

1. A female given name from Latin used since the late Middle Ages.

• naivete, naiveté, naïvete, naïveté

• Venetiae

From Venetī +‎ -ia (suffix forming place names).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɛˈnɛ.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [veˈnɛt.t͡si.a]

Venetia f sg (genitive Venetiae); first declension

1. (historical) Venetia (a region held by the Veneti in antiquity)
2. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Venice (a city and former polity in northeastern Italy)
3. (New Latin) Veneto (a region in northeastern Italy)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.