意大里亞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (意大里亞)		意	大	里	亞
simp. (意大里亚)		意	大	里	亚

Etymology

Borrowed from or Latin Ītalia or Italian Italia; first attested in Kunyu Wanguo Quantu [1602] by Matteo Ricci.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yìdàlǐyà, Yìdàlǐyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yìdàlǐyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yìdàlǐyà
    • Wade–Giles: I⁴-ta⁴-li³-ya⁴
    • Yale: Yì-dà-lǐ-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yihdahliiyah
    • Palladius: Идалия (Idalija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yìdàlǐyǎ [Phonetic: yìdàlíyǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yìdàlǐyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: I⁴-ta⁴-li³-ya³
    • Yale: Yì-dà-lǐ-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yihdahliiyea
    • Palladius: Идалия (Idalija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

意大里亞

1. (obsolete) Italy

   • 意大里亞，居大西洋中，自古不通中國。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     意大里亚，居大西洋中，自古不通中国。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 17^th-18^th century, History of Ming

     Yìdàlǐyà, jū Dàxīyáng zhōng, zìgǔ bù tōng Zhōngguó. [Pinyin]

     Italy was in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. There were no communications between the state and China since the ancient times.