ベネチア
Benechia[be̞ne̞t͡ɕia̠]
Venice in Japanese is ベネチア (Benechia). It is also spelled ヴェネツィア (Venetsia) or ヴェニス (Venisu). Wiktionary also lists ベニス (Benisu).
Meaning: city and metropolitan city in Italy (name)
Ways to say it
| Japanese | Romanization (Wiktionary) | IPA | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ベネチア | Benechia | [be̞ne̞t͡ɕia̠] (narrow) | |
| ヴェネツィア | Venetsia | [be̞ne̞t͡sʲia̠] (narrow) | alternative form |
| ベニス | Benisu | [be̞ɲ̟isɨ] (narrow) | |
| ヴェニス | Venisu | alternative form |
The term refers to the city and metropolitan city in Italy.
Which one should you use?
There are different ways to refer to the city based on which language the Japanese word is derived from. ベネチア is the most common way to refer to the city and follows the Italian pronunciation 'Venezia'. ベニス is a transliteration of the English name 'Venice' and is frequently used in casual conversation or media. ヴェネツィア is a more precise phonetic transliteration of the Italian 'Venezia'. Additionally, ヴェニス is an alternative spelling of ベニス.
How do you pronounce it?
Benechia
Did you know?
- While ベネチア is the standard term, Japanese travel guides often use ヴェネツィア to signal a more 'authentic' or sophisticated level of knowledge about Italian culture.
- The character ツ in ヴェネツィア is modified with a small ィ to create the 'tsi' sound, a common trick used to represent European sounds that do not exist in native Japanese.
- In Japanese, the use of the small ェ in ヴェニス is a modern orthographic choice to better represent the 'v' sound, which was traditionally replaced by 'b' as in ベニス.
Examples in context
- ベニスは美しい街だと言われている。They say that Venice is a beautiful city.This sentence is useful for illustrating how to use ベニス to describe Venice as a beautiful city.Tatoeba #196738 by bunbuku, translation #33916 by CK
- あなたはベネチアへ行ってしまったの？Did you go to Venice?This sentence is useful for asking about a trip to ベネチア.Tatoeba #1180097 by arihato, translation #10073662 by tsp_2
- ヴェネツィアは水の都です。Venice is a city on water.This sentence is useful for describing ヴェネツィア as a city on water.Tatoeba #878456 by thyc244, translation #458941 by FeuDRenais
- 本日のプレゼンテーションでは、ヨーロッパの美しい都市、ベニスを取り上げます。In today's presentation, we will focus on the beautiful European city of Venice.
- 3 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Kenta and Yui are talking about their dream vacation destinations.
- 結衣 Yuiいつかベネチアに行ってみたいです。Itsuka Benetchia ni itte mitai desu.I want to visit Venice someday.
- 健太 Kentaいいですね。運河がとても有名ですよ。Ii desu ne. Unga ga totemo yuumei desu yo.That's nice. The canals are very famous.
- 結衣 Yuiベネチアでゴンドラに乗るのが夢です。Benetchia de gondora ni noru no ga yume desu.My dream is to ride a gondola in Venice.
- 健太 Kenta一緒に計画を立てましょうか。Issho ni keikaku o tatemashou ka.Shall we plan it together?
Sources
- Wiktionary, “venice” translations and entries ベネチア, ヴェネツィア, ベニス, ヴェニス, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
