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Definition of Venetians

Venetian
Venetian Ve*ne"tian, n. A native or inhabitant of Venice.
Venetian
Venetian Ve*ne"tian, a. [Cf. It. Veneziano, L. Venetianus.] Of or pertaining to Venice in Italy. Venetian blind, a blind for windows, doors, etc., made of thin slats, either fixed at a certain angle in the shutter, or movable, and in the latter case so disposed as to overlap each other when close, and to show a series of open spaces for the admission of air and light when in other positions. Venetian carpet, an inexpensive carpet, used for passages and stairs, having a woolen warp which conceals the weft; the pattern is therefore commonly made up of simple stripes. Venetian chalk, a white compact or steatite, used for marking on cloth, etc. Venetian door (Arch.), a door having long, narrow windows or panes of glass on the sides. Venetian glass, a kind of glass made by the Venetians, for decorative purposes, by the combination of pieces of glass of different colors fused together and wrought into various ornamental patterns. Venetian red, a brownish red color, prepared from sulphate of iron; -- called also scarlet ocher. Venetian soap. See Castile soap, under Soap. Venetian sumac (Bot.), a South European tree (Rhus Cotinus) which yields the yellow dyewood called fustet; -- also called smoke tree. Venetian window (Arch.), a window consisting of a main window with an arched head, having on each side a long and narrow window with a square head.
Venetian
Venetian Ve*ne"tian, n. 1. pl. Galligaskins. [Obs.] 2. A Venetian blind. [Colloq.]

Meaning of Venetians from wikipedia

- nation in that area Venetians might refer to: Masters of Venetian painting in 15th-16th centuries City dwellers of Venice Venetian and the like may also...
- The Venetian Lagoon (Italian: Laguna di Venezia; Venetian: Łaguna de Venesia) is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Italy, in which the...
- The Venetian Plain, or Venetian-Friulian Plain (Italian: Pianura Veneta or Pianura Veneto-friulana) is a major geographical feature of Italy. It extends...
- Venetian red is a light and warm (somewhat unsaturated) pigment that is a darker shade of red. The composition of Venetian red changed over time. Originally...
- The Venetian Macao (Chinese: 澳門威尼斯人) is a hotel and casino resort in Macau, China owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The 39-story structure...
- so, that it was mentioned in Dante's Inferno: As in the ****nal of the Venetians Boils in winter the tenacious pitch To smear their unsound vessels over...
- Sinj, Imotski and Vrgorac in the Dalmatian hinterland. Conflicts between Venetians and Croats, as well as other Slavic nations or tribes on the Adriatic...
- difficult to construct. The Venetians did not develop a "native school" of fresco painting, often relying on Padua and Verona, Venetian from 1405, to supply...
- was not a typical Venetian Doge, as he was a subject of Byzantium. While he is considered to be the first Doge of Venice, Venetians were not truly free...
- Empire. In spite of that, Venetians did not want to renounce their formal claims to the Albanian coast, and the term Venetian Albania was officially kept...