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Venice (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 26 19 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.4386 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 19 36 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.3267 decimal degrees |
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Note: The islands of the Venetian lagoon were settled by refugees from Altino and Aquileia after the Lombard invasion of northern Italy in 568. The settlement expanded into the Adriatic and Aegean from the 11th century. It was ruled by Austria, then France, 1798-1848. It went to Italy in 1866 The entire city including the lagoon was named an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. |
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| Venezia (preferred,C,V)
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| Venecia (C,O)
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| Venedig (C,O)
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| Venice (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Venise (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Venetian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| ונציה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Veneto (C,U,English)
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| Veneto (Italian)
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| Veneto (Swedish)
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| Benátsko (C,U,Czech)
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| Benátsko (Slovak)
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| Benečija (C,U,Slovene)
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| Feneto (C,U,Western Frisian)
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| Región de Véneto (C,U,O,Spanish)
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| Regione del Veneto (C,U)
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| Vènècie (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Venèt (C,U,Occitan)
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| Venetas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Venetië (C,U,Dutch)
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| Vénétie (C,U,French)
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| Venetien (C,U,Luxembourgish)
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| Venetien (German)
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| Venetó (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Vêneto (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Véneto (C,U,Spanish)
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| Véneto (Galician)
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| Véneto (Piemontese)
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| Vèneto (C,U,Venetian)
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| Vèneto (Catalan)
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| Venetu (C,U,Sardinian)
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| Venetu (Corsican)
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| Vénetu (C,U,Asturian)
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| Venezien (C,U,Bavarian)
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| Venit (C,U,Friulian)
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| Vènitu (C,U,Sicilian)
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| Venneto (C,U,Ligurian)
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| Vî-nì-thok (C,U,Chinese, Hakka)
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| Wenecja Euganejska (C,U,Polish)
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| Βένετο (C,U,Greek)
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| Венеция (C,U,Russian)
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| Венето (C,U,Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Венето (Chechen)
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| Венето (Ukrainian)
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| Венето (Kazakh)
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| Венето (Macedonian)
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| Венето (Bulgarian)
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| Венето (Serbian)
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| Венето (Chuvash)
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| Венета (C,U,Belarusian)
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| ვენეტო (C,U,Georgian)
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| ونتو (C,U,Mazanderani)
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| ونتو (Persian-Farsi)
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| แคว้นเวเนโต (C,U,Thai)
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| व्हेनेतो (C,U,Marathi)
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| ਵੈਨੇਤੋ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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| صوبہ وینیٹو (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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| ונטו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| فينيتو (C,U,Arabic, Egyptian)
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| فينيتو (Arabic)
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| 威尼托 (C,U,Chinese, Yue)
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| 威尼托 (Chinese)
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| وینیتو (C,U,Urdu)
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| ཝེ་ནེ་ཏོ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| ヴェネト州 (C,U,Japanese)
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| Վենետո (C,U,Armenian)
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| 베네토 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| Venetia (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Vinegia (H,V)
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Veneto (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Venice (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by refugees from Lombard invasion after 568 |
| city (C) |
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| commune (administrative) (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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flourished during 15th-18th cen.; home to many important Renaissance artists & architects |
| trade center (C) |
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| military center (H) |
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| republic (H) |
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from middle of 12th cen. until 1797 |
| World Heritage Site (C) |
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since 1987 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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