Italy
WordNet
noun
(1) A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
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Etymology
From Italian Italia < , via Greek from Oscan Víteliú (a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy), meaning "land of bulls" in Oscan; usually assumed to be a cognate of , despite the different length of the i.
Proper noun
- A country in southern Europe, one of the states of the European Union. Official name: The Italian Republic (in Italian, la Repubblica Italiana).
Related terms
- Italian
- Italianate
- Italianise, Italianisation, Italianize, Italianization
- Italic
- Italo-
- Italophile