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Italia
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Appendix:Variations of "italia"
English
Etymology
From en it Italia. en Italy.
Proper noun
en rare en Italy.
39 I reached the Alps: the soul within me burned / Italia, my Italia, at thy name: / And when from out the mountain’s heart I came / And saw the land for which my life had yearned, / I laughed as one who some great prize had earned:
1866 February w:James Freeman Clarke Riviera di Ponente https://web.archive.org/web/20221006052654/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1866/02/riviera-di-ponente/628264/ 202 There, through each long happy day, winding slowly on our way, / Travellers from across the ocean, toward Italia journeyed we,— / Each long day, that, richer, fairer, / Showed the charming Riviera.
20 February 2014 w:Liza Donnelly Live-Drawing Women’s Figure Skating https://web.archive.org/web/20250613094024/https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/live-drawing-womens-figure-skating Carolina Kostner of Italia does good.
11 December 2016 Deb Amlen Mark McClain Communication Problem https://web.archive.org/web/20161211233118/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/11/crosswords/communication-problem.html I’ve used language gimmicks in several puzzles (recently used answer/clue: TRE – “It’s over due in Italia”).
Albanian
Proper noun
sq proper noun form
sq Itali def nom s
Aromanian
rup:
Etymology
Definite form of rup Italii; rup -a feminine definite article added on.
Proper noun
rup proper noun f
rup Italii def nom
Related terms
rup italian
Asturian
ast:
Proper noun
f
ast Italy Q38
Related terms
ast italianu
Basque
eu:
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-Italia.wav>
Proper noun
in
eu Italy Q38
Declension
in.pr
Derived terms
eu italiar<t:Italian> italiera<t:Italian language>
See also
Further reading
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Breton
Proper noun
br proper noun
br Italy Q38
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
nch proper noun
nch Italy Q38
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn Italy Q38
Faroese
Etymology
From fo la Italia Italy, via fo grc Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ, from fo osc 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (a name for the southwestern tip of Calabria), meaning "land of bulls" in Oscan. Usually assumed to be a cognate of la vitulus calf.
Proper noun
fo proper noun n
fo Italy Q38
Declension
Italia Italia Italia Italia
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la Italia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Italy Q38
Declension
sg Itali a
Derived terms
fi italia italialainen
fi compounds italianajokoira italiankumina italianpantaheinä italianpata italiansalaatti italiansusikoira italiantunnelimyyrä italianvinttikoira
See also
Anagrams
fi aaiilt itaali laatii
Galician
Alternative forms
gl Itália reintegrationist
Pronunciation
gl Gl-Italia.ogg
Proper noun
f
gl Italy Q38
Related terms
gl italiano
Greenlandic
Proper noun
kl proper noun
kl Italy Q38
Hunsrik
Etymology
hrx :bor pt-BR:Itália<id:Italy> Italy 1
hrx pt-BR Itália.83 2 hrx Italje.
Pronunciation
Itália,Itállia
Proper noun
n
hrx Italy Q38
hrx Italje
See also
References
Ido
Proper noun
io proper noun
io Italy Q38
See also
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
id it Italia (compare id nl Italië), from id la Ī̆talia, from id grc Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ, from id osc 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 land of bulls.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id Italy Q38
ms Itali Standard Malay
See also
Further reading
Interlingua
ia:
Pronunciation
ia /iˈta.lja/
Proper noun
ia proper noun
ia Italy Q38
Italian
it:
thumb|l'Italia (“Italy”)
Etymology
it la Italia, from it grc Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ, from it osc 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 land of bulls, a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of la vitulus calf.
Pronunciation
itàlia<r:DiPI><audio:it-Italia.ogg>
Proper noun
f
it Italy Q38
Derived terms
it cavaliere d'Italia
Related terms
it italianeggiare italianese italianismo italianista italianità italianizzare italianizzazione italiano italicità italico italiesco italo italofilia italofilo italofobia italofobo italofonia italofono
Descendants
ar إِيطَالِيَا 1
ja イタリア 1 Itaria
ko ^이탈리아 1
mt Italja 1
svm Litalija 1
fa ایتالیا itâliyâ 1
See also
References
Anagrams
it aaiilt alitai
Latin
la:
thumb|Italia (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.
Alternative forms
la Ytalia medieval
Etymology
la Italy :der grc:Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ<id:Italy>
Via la grc Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ, from la osc 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 land of bulls, a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of la vitulus calf 1.
Pronunciation
Ī̆talia 1
Ī̆taliā 1
Ancient sources report that the initial vowel phoneme was short in ordinary speech, but lengthened in dactylic verse on the Greek model due to the requirements of the meter.Quintilian c. 95 CE Institutio Oratoria 1.5.18 Praeterea quae fiunt spatio, sive cum syllaba correpta producitur, ut 'Italiam fato profugus', seu longa corripitur, 'unius ob noxam et furias', extra carmen non deprendas, sed nec in carmine vitia dicenda sunt.Donatus, Ars maior ch. III, 4: Ectasis est extensio syllabae contra naturam verbi, ut “Italiam fato profugus”, cum Italia correpte dici debeat. Compare la ī̆talus, la Ā̆rabia, la Ā̆sia.
Proper noun
Ī̆talia<1>
la Italy Q38
la Virgil Aeneid 4 361 “Ītaliam nōn sponte sequor.” “Italy is my goal not by choice”
the Italian people
Declension
Ī̆talia<1>
Related terms
la ī̆talicus ī̆talis ī̆talus
Descendants
There are no inherited descendants; by early Medieval times the word had likely become historicit Lorenzo Tomasin Italiano: storia di una parola 2011 Carocci Roma Frecce 978-88-430-6255-3 27 (although a quite popular pronunciation in Italy is /iˈtaʎ.ʎa/, often transcribed as "Itaglia" humorously — as it denotes an incorrect and stereotyped pronunciation).
1 ca Itàlia
1 fr Italie
1 sga Etáil
1 it Italia
1 ang Italia
en Italy
1 roa-opt Italia
1 gmw-pro
ang Eotol
1 ro Italia
1 sc Itàlia
1 scn Italia Talia Tàlia
1 es Italia
1 cy Eidal
References
Norwegian Bokmål
no:Italia
thumb|The flag of Italy flying against the sky.
thumb|The location of Italy in Europe.
Etymology
Probably from nb it Italia Italy; the exact immediate route into Norwegian is not securely documented. The Italian form is from nb la Italia Italy, via nb grc Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ Italy, possibly from nb osc 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 land of bulls, traditionally connected with la vitulus calf. Another ancient explanation associates the name with a people called the Itali. The name originally denoted the southern tip of the Italian peninsula and was gradually extended northwards.
Compare nn Italia, fo Italia, fi Italia, is Ítalía, es Italia and ro Italia Italy.
Pronunciation
nb /¹iˈtɑː.li.a/ [ɪˈtɑ̀ː.lɪ.ǎ]
nb ɑːlia 4
nb I ta li a
Proper noun
nb proper noun
Italy; nb country r/Southern Europe cont/Europe Italy, with Roma as its capital.
nb Roma er hovedstaden i Italia. Rome is the capital of Italy.
nb 25 June 2026 Geir Lima Italia Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Italia Italia er en republikk i Sør-Europa med litt under 60 millioner innbyggere. Italy is a republic in Southern Europe with just under 60 million inhabitants. https://web.archive.org/web/20260918002352/https://snl.no/Italia 18 September 2026
Usage notes
The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Italia (“the Italian Republic”).
Related terms
nb italiener Italian person
nb italiensk Italian; Italian language
nb italiker Italic person
nb italisk Italic; relating to ancient Italy
See also
References
25 June 2026 Geir Lima Italia Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Italia 2 August 2026
26 November 2024 Øivind Andersen; Jon Wikene Iddeng Italia – navnet Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Italia_-_navnet 2 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260815074002/https://snl.no/Italia_-_navnet 15 August 2026
Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med Regjeringen.no https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/ud/dep/diplomatiske-forbindelser-og-protokoll/norske-utenriksstasjoner/id2991088/ 2 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260929013054/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/ud/dep/diplomatiske-forbindelser-og-protokoll/norske-utenriksstasjoner/id2991088/ 29 September 2026
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn Italy Q38
Related terms
nn italienar
nn italiensk
Old English
ang:
Etymology
ang Italy :bor la:Italia<id:Italy>
From ang la Italia. ang Eotol.
Pronunciation
Italia
Proper noun
f
ang Italy Q38
ang Eotol
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
ang ⁊ hē [Pirrus] hæfde XX elpenda tō þǣm ġefeohte mid him, þe Rōmane ǣr na ne ne ġesawon: hē wæs sē forma mon þe hīe ǣrest on Italium brōhte. And he [Pyrrhus] had twenty elephants with him in battle, which the Romans had never seen before; he was the first man to bring them to Italy.
References
Italia 054073
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
roa-opt Ytalia Eytalia
Etymology
roa-opt :lbor la:Ītalia<id:Italy> Italy ++
Proper noun
f Itália
a placename equivalent to modern Italy. roa-opt 1
roa-opt peninsula region/Southern Europe Italian Peninsula
roa-opt kingdom of the medieval empire/Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Italy
Hyponyms
roa-opt Lombardia
Derived terms
roa-opt italiano
Descendants
gl Italia
pt Itália
References
e?[eijy]t+al+[ijy]a[[:>:]]
Itália 1
@talia toponimo
Polish
pl:+ (kraina historyczna)
Etymology
pl la Ī̆talia, from pl grc Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ, from pl osc 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞.
Pronunciation
Pl-Italia.ogg
Proper noun
f
pl literary pl Italy Q38
pl Włochy
pl historical en Italia one of the provinces of the Roman Empire
Declension
s
Derived terms
pl adjective italski
Further reading
Romanian
ro:
Alternative forms
ro Италия post-1930s (Moldovan) Cyrillic spelling
Pronunciation
ro /iˈta.li.a/
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Italia.wav
ro alia 4
ro I ta li a
Proper noun
f
ro Italy Q38
Declension
Itali sg
See also
Further reading
Samoan
Etymology
From sm it Italia.
Proper noun
sm proper noun
sm Italy Q38
Sicilian
scn:
Alternative forms
scn Talia Tàlia
Etymology
From scn la Italia via scn grc Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ, from scn osc 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 land of bulls, a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of la vitulus calf.
Pronunciation
scn /iˈta.lja/
scn alja
scn I tà lia
Proper noun
scn proper noun
scn Italy Q38
Spanish
es:
Etymology
From es la Italia via es grc Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ, from es osc 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 land of bulls, a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of la vitulus calf.
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Italia.wav>
Proper noun
f
es Italy Q38
Related terms
es italianismo italianista italianizante italianizar italiano,italiana italianófilo,italianófila italicense itálico,itálica ítalo italorromance italorrománico,italorrománica
Descendants
tl Italya 1
See also
Further reading
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhw proper noun
nhw Italy Q38