Venus
Venus stands for:
- Venus (mythology) , Roman goddess of erotic love and beauty
- Venus (planet) , planet of the solar system
- Venus (cinema) , movie theater in the Berlin district of Lichtenberg
- Venus (opera) , opera by Othmar Schoeck (premiered in 1922)
- Venus (yacht) , motor yacht designed by Philippe Starck
- Venus Award ( Venus for short ), film award for the erotic industry
- Venus Berlin ( Venus for short ), international adult trade fair in Berlin
- Venus Bay , King George Island Bay, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Venus Optics , manufacturer of interchangeable photographic lenses
- Venus Glacier , glacier on Alexander I Island, Antarctica
Visual arts:
- Venus figurines , prehistoric female statuettes
- Venus of Esquiline , ancient marble statue of an unclothed bathing woman (50 AD)
- Capitoline Venus , ancient marble statue
- Venus Medici , ancient marble statue
- Venus de Milo , Aphrodite statue from ancient Greece (100 BC)
- Venus de Urbino , oil painting by the Italian painter Titian (1538)
Biology:
- Venus (genus) , a genus of clams
- Venus (grape variety) , a grape variety
Films:
- Venus (2006) , English feature film directed by Roger Michell
- Venus (2017) , Canadian film directed by Eisha Marjara
Songs:
- Venus (Frankie Avalon Lied) , song by the American pop singer Frankie Avalon (1959)
- Venus (Shocking Blue song) , song by the Dutch band Shocking Blue (1969)
- Venus (Lady Gaga song) , song by the US singer Lady Gaga (2013)
Venus is the family name of the following people:
- Brenda Venus (born 1947), American actress
- Ernst Venus (1880–1971), German lawyer
- Franz Albert Venus (1842–1871), German painter, draftsman and etcher
- Frieder Venus (* 1950), German actor and theater director
- Leopold Venus (1843–1886), German painter and illustrator
- Michael Venus (* 1987), New Zealand tennis player
- Michael Venus (director) (* 1976), German director
- Richard Ludwig Venus (1835–1873), German lawyer and politician
- Ross Venus (* 1994), British ice hockey player
Stage name:
- Venus , pseudonym of Angelica Costello (* 1978), American porn actress
Venus is the name of the following places:
- Venus (Romania) , seaside resort on the Black Sea coast, Romania
- Venus, Arkansas , in Madison County
- Venus, Florida , in Highlands County
- Venus, Kentucky , in Harrison County
- Venus, Missouri , in Maries County
- Venus, Nebraska , in Knox County
- Venus (Pennsylvania)
- Venus, Texas , in Johnson County
- Venus (West Virginia)
Vênus stands for:
- Vênus , Brazilian heavy metal band
See also:
- The birth of Venus
- Venushof
- Venus symbol (♀)
- Venus 22
- Venera program , Soviet space probes for exploring the planet Venus, also Venus probes
- CV Venus 5300
Wiktionary: Venus - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
