the area of ancient Italy between the lower Po valley and the Alps: later a Roman province
2.
the territorial possessions of the medieval Venetian republic that were at the head of the Adriatic and correspond to the present-day region of Veneto and a large part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Venetia in American English
(vəˈniʃiə; vəˈniʃə)
1.
ancient district at the head of the Adriatic, north of the Po River: with Istria it formed a Roman province
2.
former region of NE Italy, the E portion of which was ceded to Yugoslavia in 1947