Definition of Gulf of Venice

1. Noun. An arm of the Adriatic Sea.

Group relationships: Adriatic, Adriatic Sea
Generic synonyms: Gulf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gulf Of Venice

Gulf of Corinth
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Lepanto
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Ob
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Gulf of Siam
Gulf of Sidra
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Tehuantepec
Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Venice (current term)
Gulf stream
Gullah
Gulliver
Gulliverian
Gulls
Gullstrand
Gullstrand's slitlamp
Gulo
Gulo gulo
Gulo luscus
Gulu
Gumatj
Gumboro disease
Gumery

Literary usage of Gulf of Venice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1824)
"... in In the gulf of Venice, very remarkable changes have ta- n?^lf of ken place. Ramazzini having observed that all the country round Modena is suspended ..."

2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... Cicero at his Villa : View of Ancona ; Broken Bridge of Narni ; Ruins on the coast of Baiae ; Temple of Venus at Baiae; Island in the Gulf of Venice; ..."

3. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and storiesby Ebenezer Cobham Brewer by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"... Gulf of Venice, ШЗ; Mount St. Michael, Cornwall, ISM; Л Skirmish off Heligoland, .... Gulf of Venice ..."

4. Brookes's General Gazetteer Improved: Or, A New and Compendious Geographical ...by Richard Brookes by Richard Brookes (1812)
"... \own of Venetian Istria, 3 • cs i'mrn the gulf of Venice, bon. 13 5 î,:*l.45 10 N. />.:-не, л. town of France, ..."

5. A New System of Geography, Ancient and Modern: For the Use of Schools by Sidney Edwards Morse, Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"The Alps, which form the northern boundary, are like an arch with one end resting on the gulf of Venice, and the other on the gulf of Genoa. ..."

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