Veneti

[ ven-i-tahy ]

/ ˈvɛn ɪˌtaɪ /

an ancient people of NE Italy absorbed by Rome after the Second Punic War.

an ancient Celtic people of Brittany, conquered by Julius Caesar, 56 b.c.

Also Ven·e·tes

[ven-i-teez] /ˈvɛn ɪˌtiz/.

Origin of Veneti

From Latin

Venezia

[ ve-ne-tsyah ]

/ vɛˈnɛ tsyɑ /

Also Venetia. Also called Ve·ne·to

[ve-ne-taw] /ˈvɛ nɛ tɔ/. a region in NE Italy. 7095 sq. mi. (18,375 sq. km).

Italian name of Venice.

The Veneti took to fishing, then to making salt, and finally to mercantile enterprises.

Man on the Ocean |R.M. Ballantyne
In everything else, those of the Veneti were better adapted to the nature of the localities and to the heavy seas.

History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2 |Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
It was subdued by Caesar, who entirely destroyed the seafaring tribe of its south coast, the Veneti.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 |Various
But the assailants were in the same predicament as were the Romans when they attacked the lofty ships of the Veneti.

The British Navy Book |Cyril Field

Of their number are the Veneti,1474 who fought a naval battle with Cæsar.

The Geography of Strabo, Volume I (of 3) |Strabo

Veneti

/ (vɛˈnɛtɪ, -taɪ) /

(functioning as plural) an ancient people who established themselves at the head of the Adriatic around 950 bc, later becoming Roman subjects

Venezia

/ (veˈnɛttsja) /

the Italian name for Venice