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Venda
Bantu-speaking people who inhabit the NE corner of S. Africa. The Venda, today numbering over 700,000, were the last of the peoples in the area to come under European control. Agriculture dominates their economy; cattle raising has increased in importance. Venda chiefs are traditionally custodians of the land, while local headmen permit household groups to occupy and work tracts of land.

Former black enclave, NE Republic of S. Africa. Located near the Zimbabwe border, it attracted the Venda people who migrated into the region in the early 1700s from what is now Zimbabwe. Annexed to Transvaal in 1898, it was a distinct administrative unit within S. Africa when the country designated it a homeland for Venda-speaking people in 1962. The territory, whose capital was Thohoyandou, was granted partial self-government in 1973 and became an independent republic in 1979; it never received international recognition. After apartheid was abolished, Venda was reincorporated into S. Africa in 1994, as part of the newly created Northern province.

Bantu-speaking people who inhabit the NE corner of S. Africa. The Venda, today numbering over 700,000, were the last of the peoples in the area to come under European control. Agriculture dominates their economy; cattle raising has increased in importance. Venda chiefs are traditionally custodians of the land, while local headmen permit household groups to occupy and work tracts of land.

Former black enclave, NE Republic of S. Africa. Located near the Zimbabwe border, it attracted the Venda people who migrated into the region in the early 1700s from what is now Zimbabwe. Annexed to Transvaal in 1898, it was a distinct administrative unit within S. Africa when the country designated it a homeland for Venda-speaking people in 1962. The territory, whose capital was Thohoyandou, was granted partial self-government in 1973 and became an independent republic in 1979; it never received international recognition. After apartheid was abolished, Venda was reincorporated into S. Africa in 1994, as part of the newly created Northern province.


Venus
Roman goddess of cultivated fields and gardens, later associated with Aphrodite. She was the daughter of Jupiter and Dione, the wife of Vulcan, and the mother of Cupid. She was famous for her romantic intrigues and affairs with both gods and mortals, and she became associated with many aspects of femininity. The planet Venus, originally the star of Ishtar, came to be named for Venus through her association with Ishtar. She has been a favorite subject in art since ancient times, notably in the statue called Venus de Milo and S. Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus.

Second major planet from the sun. Named for the Roman goddess, Venus is, after the moon, the most brilliant natural object in the night sky. It comes closer to earth--about 26 million mi (42 million km)--than any other planet. Its orbit around the sun is nearly circular at ...

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