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− | Events could have unfolded (Editors theory) which led to the Roman families of Korčula (Corcyra Nigra) <ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/322146/Korcula|title='''"Korcula."''' '''Encyclopædia Britannica'''. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Tue. 8 Mar. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-03-8}} | + | Events could have unfolded (Editor's theory) which led to the Roman families of Korčula (Corcyra Nigra) <ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/322146/Korcula|title='''"Korcula."''' '''Encyclopædia Britannica'''. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Tue. 8 Mar. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-03-8}} |
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| * '''Encyclopædia Britannica''': "Korčula, Italian Curzola, Greek Corcyra Melaina, island in the Adriatic Sea, on the Dalmatian coast, in Croatia. With an area of 107 square miles (276 square km), it has a hilly interior rising to 1,863 feet (568 m). The Greeks colonized it in the 4th century bc. Korčula was subsequently occupied by the Romans, Goths, Slavs, Byzantines, and Genoese; the kings of Hungary and Croatia"</ref><ref>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Curzola Encyclopaedia Britannica (publ. 1911):] | | * '''Encyclopædia Britannica''': "Korčula, Italian Curzola, Greek Corcyra Melaina, island in the Adriatic Sea, on the Dalmatian coast, in Croatia. With an area of 107 square miles (276 square km), it has a hilly interior rising to 1,863 feet (568 m). The Greeks colonized it in the 4th century bc. Korčula was subsequently occupied by the Romans, Goths, Slavs, Byzantines, and Genoese; the kings of Hungary and Croatia"</ref><ref>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Curzola Encyclopaedia Britannica (publ. 1911):] |
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| * aria/air - Venetian: aria | | * aria/air - Venetian: aria |
| * arma/armed - Venetian: arma | | * arma/armed - Venetian: arma |
| + | * baba/ grandmother - In Venetian it means ''nanny'' |
| + | * baleta/ bullet - Venetian:bal |
| + | * banda/ side - Venetian ''side & flank'' |
| * balun/football - Venetian: balón | | * balun/football - Venetian: balón |
| * banak/bench - Venetian: banca | | * banak/bench - Venetian: banca |
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| * barka/type of local boat - Venetian: bàrca | | * barka/type of local boat - Venetian: bàrca |
| * bareta/ cap, hat - Venetian: bareta | | * bareta/ cap, hat - Venetian: bareta |
| + | * bat / a type of hammer - Venetian:batu, meaning to struck. |
| * bevanda/wine with water- Venetian: bevànda ''"watery wine"'' | | * bevanda/wine with water- Venetian: bevànda ''"watery wine"'' |
| * beštimat/swear - Venetian: bestiemàr | | * beštimat/swear - Venetian: bestiemàr |
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| * klapa/an a cappella form of music - Venetian:clapa ''"singing crowd"'' | | * klapa/an a cappella form of music - Venetian:clapa ''"singing crowd"'' |
| * kužin/ cousin - Venetian:cuxìn | | * kužin/ cousin - Venetian:cuxìn |
| + | * lapis/ pencil - Venetian: apis |
| * Levant/ strong easterly wind - Venetian: Levantera | | * Levant/ strong easterly wind - Venetian: Levantera |
| + | * '''Malandrin'''/ Local nickname. In Venetian it means: ''dishonest & crook'' |
| * Maragun/wood worker - Venetian: Marangòn | | * Maragun/wood worker - Venetian: Marangòn |
| * mezo/in between - Venetian: mèzo ''"half"'' | | * mezo/in between - Venetian: mèzo ''"half"'' |