Venezia Giulia

[ ve-ne-tsyah joo-lyah ]

noun
  1. a former region of NE Italy, at the N end of the Adriatic: now mainly in Croatia and Slovenia. The larger part, including the area surrounding the Free Territory of Trieste, was ceded to Yugoslavia 1947; the part remaining in Italy merged with Udine to form Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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Venezia Giulia

/ (Italian ˈdʒuːlja) /


noun
  1. a former region of NE Italy at the N end of the Adriatic: divided between Yugoslavia and Italy after World War II; now divided between Italy and Slovenia

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