Itália

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Itália

  1. (historical) Italy (a historical region in Southern Europe, corresponding to modern Italy)

Usage notes

Used to indicate the historical region that existed before 1861. Use Olaszország to indicate the modern Italy.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Itália
accusative Itáliát
dative Itáliának
instrumental Itáliával
causal-final Itáliáért
translative Itáliává
terminative Itáliáig
essive-formal Itáliaként
essive-modal
inessive Itáliában
superessive Itálián
adessive Itáliánál
illative Itáliába
sublative Itáliára
allative Itáliához
elative Itáliából
delative Itáliáról
ablative Itáliától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Itáliáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Itáliáéi
Possessive forms of Itália
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Itáliám
2nd person sing. Itáliád
3rd person sing. Itáliája
1st person plural Itáliánk
2nd person plural Itáliátok
3rd person plural Itáliájuk

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ītalia (Italy), from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú) (a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /iˈta.li.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /iˈta.ljɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /iˈta.li.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /iˈta.lja/

  • Hyphenation: I‧tá‧li‧a

Proper noun

Itália f

  1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; official name: República Italiana)
  2. Italy (a peninsula in the Mediterranean)

Usage notes

Itália belongs to a small group of place names (along with Espanha, França and Inglaterra) which can be used without the definite article when governed by a preposition: Viveu muito tempo em Itália.

Related terms

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

Itália f

  1. (archaic) Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
    Synonym: Taliansko

Further reading

  • Itália”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024