Venetian

a.	1.	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 closed, 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 talc 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.
n.	1.	A native or inhabitant of Venice.
	2.	Galligaskins.
	3.	A Venetian blind.

Noun	1.	Venetian - a resident of Venice
Adj.	1.	Venetian - of or relating to or characteristic of Venice or its people; "Venetian glass"; "Venetian canals"

Venezia, Venice

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