Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gulf of venice

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: gulf of venice
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Adriatic Sea.

Archaic

name

A wide gulf at the north end of the Adriatic Sea, bound on the south by the line between Maestra Point in the Po delta and Cape Kamenjak on the Istrian Peninsula.

Informal

Example Sentences

"CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly..."

Etymology

Calque of Italian Golfo di Venetia, from consideration of the sea as a gulf of the Mediterranean and the previous importance of the Republic of Venice to its trade and major ports.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Gulf of Venice (canonical) Gulph of Venice (alternative)

Synonyms

Adriatic Sea

Questions

What does gulf of venice mean?: Synonym of Adriatic Sea.
Where does gulf of venice come from?: Calque of Italian Golfo di Venetia, from consideration of the sea as a gulf of the Mediterranean and the previous importance of the Republic of Venice to its trade and major ports.

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