venue

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
venue /ˈvɛnjuː/

▶noun

• 1 the place where something takes place, especially an event such as a concert or sports event.

• 2 Law the jurisdiction within which a criminal or civil case may or must be heard.

– origin C16 (denoting a thrust or bout in fencing; also in sense 2): from OFr., lit. ‘a coming’, fem. past part. of venir ‘come’.