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Albanian
Proper noun
Italia
definite nominative singular of Itali
Aromanian
Etymology
Definite form of Italii ; -a ( feminine definite article ) added on.
Proper noun
Italia f
definite nominative of Italii : Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Asturian
Proper noun
Italia f
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Basque
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /italia/
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: I‧ta‧li‧a
Proper noun
Italia inan
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Declension
Declension of Italia (inanimate, ending in -a )
Derived terms
See also
(countries of Europe ) Europako herrialdeak ; Albania , Alemania , Andorra , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belgika , Bielorrusia , Bosnia eta Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Danimarka , Eslovakia , Eslovenia , Espainia , Estonia , Erresuma Batua , Errumania , Errusia , Finlandia , Frantzia , Georgia , Grezia , Herbehereak , Hungaria , Ipar Mazedonia , Irlanda , Islandia , Italia , Kazakhstan , Kroazia , Letonia , Liechtenstein , Lituania , Luxenburgo , Malta , Moldavia , Monako , Montenegro , Norvegia , Polonia , Portugal , San Marino , Serbia , Suedia , Suitza , Turkia , Txekia , Ukraina , Vatikano Hiria , Zipre
Further reading
Breton
Proper noun
Italia
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Italia
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Italia
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Faroese
Etymology
From Latin Italia ( “ Italy ” ) , via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ ( Ītalíā ) , from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 ( víteliú ) (a name for the southwestern tip of Calabria ), meaning "land of bulls" in Oscan. Usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus ( “ calf ” ) .
Noun
Italia n
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Declension
singular
indefinite
nominative
Italia
accusative
Italia
dative
Italia
genitive
Italia
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin Italia .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Italia
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Declension
Derived terms
See also
(countries of Europe ) Euroopan maat ; Alankomaat , Albania , Andorra , Armenia , Azerbaidžan , Belgia , Bosnia ja Hertsegovina , Bulgaria , Espanja , Georgia , Irlanti , Islanti , Iso-Britannia , Italia , Itävalta , Kazakstan , Kreikka , Kroatia , Kypros , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Liettua , Luxemburg , Malta , Moldova , Monaco , Montenegro , Norja , Pohjois-Makedonia , Portugali , Puola , Ranska , Romania , Ruotsi , Saksa , San Marino , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Suomi , Sveitsi , Tanska , Tšekki , Turkki , Ukraina , Unkari , Valko-Venäjä , Vatikaani , Venäjä , Viro (Category: fi:Countries in Europe )
Anagrams
Galician
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Italia f
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Greenlandic
Proper noun
Italia
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Hunsrik
Etymology
Old Galician-Portuguese Italia Hunsrik Italia
Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese Itália .[ 1] Doublet of Italje .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Italia n
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
Ido
Proper noun
Italia
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
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch Italië .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Italia
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
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Italia
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Italian
l'Italia (“Italy”)
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
Proper noun
Italia f
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Derived terms
Descendants
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
Latin
Italia (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.
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
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
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
the Italian people
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
Note: there are no inherited descendants; by early Medieval times the word had likely become historic.[ 2]
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.
^ Donatus, Ars maior ch. III, 4: Ectasis est extensio syllabae contra naturam verbi, ut “Italiam fato profugus”, cum Italia correpte dici debeat.
^ Lorenzo Tomasin (2011 ) Italiano: storia di una parola (Frecce) (in Italian), Roma: Carocci, →ISBN , page 27
Norwegian Bokmål
Emblem of Italy
Proper noun
Italia
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Italia
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Old English
Etymology
From Latin Italia . Doublet of Eotol .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Italia f
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Synonym: Eotol
late 9th century , translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
⁊ hē 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 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
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Ītalia , from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ ( Ītalíā ) , possibly borrowed from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 ( víteliú ) .
Noun
Italia f
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Descendants
Galician: Italia
Portuguese: Itália (see there for further descendants )
References
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Ī̆talia , from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ ( Ītalíā ) , from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 ( víteliú ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /iˈta.lja/
Rhymes: -alja
Syllabification: I‧ta‧lia
Proper noun
Italia f
( literary ) Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Synonym: Włochy
( historical ) Italia ( one of the provinces of the Roman Empire )
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Italia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Italia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /iˈta.li.a/
Rhymes: -alia
Hyphenation: I‧ta‧li‧a
Proper noun
Italia f
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Declension
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
Samoan
Etymology
From Italian Italia .
Proper noun
Italia
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Sicilian
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
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Spanish
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/
Rhymes: -alja
Syllabification: I‧ta‧lia
Proper noun
Italia f
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )
Descendants
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
Western Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Italia
Italy (a country in Southern Europe )