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Veneti
[ ven-i-tahy ]
plural noun
- an ancient people of NE Italy absorbed by Rome after the Second Punic War.
- an ancient Celtic people of Brittany, conquered by Julius Caesar, 56 b.c.
Veneti
/ -taɪ; vɛˈnɛtɪ /
noun
- functioning as plural an ancient people who established themselves at the head of the Adriatic around 950 bc , later becoming Roman subjects
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Veneti1
From Latin
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Example Sentences
For some of the higher questions of ethnology, however, the Liburni and Veneti are tribes of exceeding importance.
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It was the people called the Veneti who, more than a thousand years ago, settled Venice, and invented these little ships.
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These were apparently skiffs which were much lighter and smaller than the imposing vessels of the Veneti.
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He served under Cæsar in Gaul, during which campaign he destroyed the fleet of the Veneti.
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The Veneti took to fishing, then to making salt, and finally to mercantile enterprises.
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