Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 4.8 million. Having been for a long period in history a land of mass emigration, Veneto is today one of the g…reatest immigrant-receiving regions in the country, with 454,453 foreigners (9.30% of the regional population) in 2008, the most recent of which are Romanian and Moroccan. (MORE)

Vittorio Veneto Street is an English equivalent of the Italian place name Via ( Vittorio ) Veneto . Specifically, the feminine noun via means "street, way." The street… honors the Italian victory in the battle of Vittorio Veneto of October 24-November 3, 1918. That victory led to the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and of the First World War. The historic city is located in the northeast part of Italy, in the region of the former Venetian Republic. The pronunciation is "VEE-ah (veet-TOH-ryoh) VEH-neh-toh." (MORE)