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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Italian giudecca, place reserved for jews

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Examples

  • I used to pay vaporetto tickets daily and then I met someone living in Giudecca who taught me the dance.

    Foreign Wedding Boom 2006

  • And the view from La Giudecca is stupifying ... perfect sunlight all-day 90% of the time.

    Extreme Panoramic Photo of La Giudecca from Le Zattere 2004

  • And the view from La Giudecca is stupifying ... perfect sunlight all-day 90% of the time.

    Veniceblog: 2004

  • 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

  • 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

  • 'The Giudecca was a place kept apart for the Jews, I believe.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • 'The Giudecca was a place kept apart for the Jews, I believe.

    Beauchamp's Career — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868

  • 'The Giudecca was a place kept apart for the Jews, I believe.

    Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • 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

  • 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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