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Italian
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Etymology
From Late Latin pāgēnsis (“inhabitant of a district”), from Latin pāgus (“village; district”). Compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish país; French pays; Venetian pajès; Friulian paîs; Istriot and Piedmontese pais; Sicilian pajisi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈe.ze/
- Rhymes: -eze
- Hyphenation: pa‧é‧se
Noun
paese m (plural paesi)
- country (nation)
- Synonym: Paese
- village
- Synonyms: borgo, centro abitato
- town
- Synonym: città
- (obsolete) landscape
- Synonym: paesaggio
Usage notes
- Sometimes capitalized as Paese when used in the sense “country”.
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