Italia

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese Itália.^[1] Doublet of Italje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈtaːlia/, /iˈtalia/
• Rhymes: -aːlia, -alia
• Syllabification: I‧ta‧li‧a

Proper noun

Italia n

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

   Synonym: Italje

See also

• (countries of Europe) ëuropäisches Land; Belche, Deitschland, Eesterreich, England, Finnland, Frankreich, Griecheland, Italje/Italia, Luxemborrich, Nitterlande, Pole, Portugal, Russland, Schweiz, Spanje ^{(Category: hrx:Countries in Europe)}

References

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

Etymology

From Dutch Italië.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /itaˈlia/ [i.t̪aˈli.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: I‧ta‧li‧a

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

   Synonym: (Standard Malay) Itali

See also

• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Britania Raya, Bulgaria, Ceko, Denmark, Estonia, Finlandia, Georgia, Hongaria, Irlandia, Islandia, Italia, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Kroasia, Latvia, Listenstaina, Lituania, Luksemburg, Makedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Norwegia, Perancis, Polandia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Siprus, Slovenia, Slowakia, Spanyol, Swedia, Swiss, Turki, Ukraina, Yunani, Vatikan

Further reading

• “Italia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.lja/

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Italia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.lja/^[1]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alja

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) paesi d'Europa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaigian, Belgio, Bielorussia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Cechia, Cipro, Città del Vaticano, Croazia, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazakistan, Lettonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Macedonia del Nord, Malta, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, Norvegia, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Portogallo, Romania, Regno Unito, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Svizzera, Turchia, Ucraina, Ungheria ^{(Category: it:Countries in Europe)}

References

Anagrams

• alitai

Alternative forms

• Ytalia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈta.li.a/, [ɪˈt̪älʲiä]
• (Classical, poetic) IPA^(key): /iːˈta.li.a/, [iːˈt̪älʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈta.li.a/, [iˈt̪äːliä]

Note: the initial vowel was reportedly phonemically short, but lengthened in dactylic verse on the Greek model due to the requirements of the meter.^[1] Compare ī̆talus, Ā̆rabia, Ā̆sia.

Proper noun

Ī̆talia f sg (genitive Ī̆taliae); first declension

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.361:

     “Ītaliam nōn sponte sequor.”

     “Italy is my goal not by choice”

2. the Italian people

References

• “Italia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Italia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Etymology

From Latin Italia. Doublet of Eotol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.tɑ.li.ɑ/

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

   Synonym: Eotol

   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ⁊ 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

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Italia”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Alternative forms

• Ytalia, Eytalia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ītalia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), possibly borrowed from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú).

Noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Ytalia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Italia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ī̆talia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.lja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: I‧ta‧lia

Proper noun

Italia f

1. (literary) Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

   Synonym: Włochy

2. (historical) Italia (one of the provinces of the Roman Empire)

Further reading

• Italia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Italia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Alternative forms

• Италия (Italia) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.li.a/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alia
• Hyphenation: I‧ta‧li‧a

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) țările Europei; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaidjan, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia și Herțegovina, Bulgaria, Cehia, Cipru, Croația, Danemarca, Elveția, Estonia, Finlanda, Franța, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazahstan, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburg, Macedonia de Nord, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Muntenegru, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugalia, Regatul Unit, România, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Spania, Suedia, Turcia, Țările de Jos, Ucraina, Ungaria, Vatican ^{(Category: ro:Countries in Europe)}

Further reading

• Italia in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Etymology

From Italian Italia.

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Alternative forms

• Talia, Tàlia

Etymology

From Latin Italia via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.lja/
• Rhymes: -alja
• Hyphenation: I‧tà‧lia

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Etymology

From Latin Italia via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈtalja/ [iˈt̪a.lja]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: I‧ta‧lia

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) países de Europa; Albania, Alemania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaiyán, Bélgica, Bielorrusia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chipre, Ciudad del Vaticano, Croacia, Dinamarca, Eslovaquia, Eslovenia, España, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Georgia, Grecia, Hungría, Irlanda, Islandia, Italia, Kazajistán, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgo, Macedonia del Norte, Malta, Moldavia, Mónaco, Montenegro, Noruega, Países Bajos, Polonia, Portugal, Reino Unido, República Checa, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Suecia, Suiza, Turquía, Ucrania ^{(Category: es:Countries in Europe)}

Further reading

• “Italia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)