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BAMBINO |
Venice infant |
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ITALIAN |
Language of Venice |
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ADRIATIC |
Sea off Venice |
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SIGHS |
Venice’s Bridge of ... |
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RIALTO |
Tailor-made island in Venice |
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ITALIANS |
Pisa or Venice natives |
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ICE |
Decorate cake in Venice |
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INCENTIVES |
Venice isn’t distributing bonuses |
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OTHELLO |
The Moor of Venice |
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ICEBOUND |
Totally frozen inside Venice boundaries |
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MOOR |
Othello, the ... of Venice |
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BANCO |
A bank, especially that of Venice. |
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WHITE |
A white pigment; as, Venice white. |
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VENETIAN |
A native or inhabitant of Venice. |
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DOGE |
The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa. |
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MAGNIFICO |
A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in
courtesy. |
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BASSET |
A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have
been invented at Venice. |
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BUCENTAUR |
The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the
ceremony of espousing the Adriatic. |
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SAGITTARY |
The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure
of an archer over the door. |
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REGATTA |
Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or
sailing race, or a series of such races. |
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LAGOON |
A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one
into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice. |
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FALL |
The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean,
or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice. |
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FUSTET |
The wood of the Rhus Cptinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of
Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is
not durable without a mordant. |
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THERIACA |
An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the
effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs,
prepared, pulver... |
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ALDINE |
An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics)
which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of
Venice, for the m... |