Definitions for venetians

venetians Ve·ne·tian

Spelling: [vuh-nee-shuh n]
IPA: /vəˈni ʃən/

Venetians is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 365 anagrams from letters in venetians (aeeinnstv).

Definitions for venetians

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Venice.
  2. (lowercase) venetian blind.
  3. venetians, a tape or braid for supporting the slats of a venetian blind.
  4. Also called Venetian cloth. Textiles. a wool or worsted fabric made in satin or twill weave and sometimes napped, used in the manufacture of lightweight coats, suits, skirts, and dresses. a cotton fabric constructed in satin or twill weave, used chiefly for linings.

adjective

  1. of or relating to Venice or its inhabitants.
  2. pertaining to or designating a style of painting developed in Venice principally during the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized chiefly by rich, often warm colors and the illusion of deep space.
  3. in or in imitation of the style typical of Venice:

Origin of venetians

1400-50; Medieval Latin Venetiānus, equivalent to Veneti(a) Venice + Latin -ānus -an; replacing Middle English Venicien Middle French

Examples for venetians

The Venetian police force is headquartered in the former convent, Santa Zaccaria, another site that has seen more exciting days.

Page Six says they dined on mussel soup, crayfish and artichoke risotto at a tony Venetian restaurant.

Genoese and Venetian traders came with their stores of Eastern goods.

Once upon a time, no self-respecting Venetian altar went without a carpet like these ones.

He wrote to the Venetian Senate to announce the cardinal's death on July 20.

As the story goes, many Venetian nuns were noble women forced into the convent to save their families from bankruptcy.

The Venetian shutters often had to be lowered in the summer to attenuate the great heat.

He then took from the file one of the Venetian glasses of clouded white.

The green Venetian blind had fallen, hiding the window, hiding the stranger's face.

Some of the fat stacks of $100s were held in place by Venetian casino wrappers.

Word Value for venetians
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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