Definitions
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- proper noun A long
island in the Venetian lagoon separated from the main part of the city by a wide canal
Etymologies
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Examples
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I used to pay vaporetto tickets daily and then I met someone living in Giudecca who taught me the dance.
Foreign Wedding Boom 2006
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And the view from La Giudecca is stupifying ... perfect sunlight all-day 90% of the time.
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And the view from La Giudecca is stupifying ... perfect sunlight all-day 90% of the time.
Veniceblog: 2004
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The Giudecca is another stronghold of the game, every little bar there having a stamped-down bowling alley at the back of it.
A Wanderer in Venice Harry [Illustrator] Morley 1903
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The garden on the Giudecca was a long narrow strip on the seaward side, blossoming profusely with flowers.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories Robert Herrick 1903
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'The Giudecca was a place kept apart for the Jews, I believe.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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'The Giudecca was a place kept apart for the Jews, I believe.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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'The Giudecca was a place kept apart for the Jews, I believe.
Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868
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I check into the paparazzi-proof Cipriani on the private Giudecca Island for one week--a safe haven for George Clooney, Al Pacino and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Peggy Siegal: To Venice With Love Peggy Siegal 2011
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Francesca Bortolotto Possati Venice Venetian hotelier, vintner and philanthropist Francesca Bortolotto Possati , a third generation owner of the Bauer hotel, has just opened her newest property, the Villa F., a luxuriously restored 16th-century villa on the Giudecca.
Lunch, Italian Style 2011
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