Most Serene Republic of Venice

English

Etymology

A calque, partially via Italian and Latin, of Venetan Serenísima Repúblega de Venèsia.

Proper noun

the Most Serene Republic of Venice

  1. (historical) Synonym of Venice, a former polity in Europe, a republic and colonial empire in the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean from AD 697 to 1797 with its capital at Venice.
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