Italia

See also: italia, italià, Ítalía, Itália, Itàlia, Itałia, and I-ta-li-a

Albanian

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

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Aromanian

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

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Asturian

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (European country)

Related terms

• italianu

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Basque

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

Declension

(inanimate proper noun) declension of Italia indefinite absolutive Italia ergative Italiak dative Italiari genitive Italiaren comitative Italiarekin causative Italiarengatik benefactive Italiarentzat instrumental Italiaz innesive Italiatan locative Italiatako allative Italiatara terminative Italiataraino directive Italiatarantz destinative Italiatarako ablative Italiatatik partitive Italiarik prolative Italiatzat

Related terms

• italiar
• italiera

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Breton

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

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Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Ītalia (“Italy”), via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (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 vitulus (“calf”), despite the different length of the i.

Noun

Italia n

1. Italy

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Italia
Accusative	Italia
Dative	Italia
Genitive	Italia

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Finnish

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

Declension

Inflection of Italia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Italia	—
genitive		Italian	—
partitive		Italiaa	—
illative		Italiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Italia	—
accusative	nom.	Italia	—
	gen.	Italian
genitive		Italian	—
partitive		Italiaa	—
inessive		Italiassa	—
elative		Italiasta	—
illative		Italiaan	—
adessive		Italialla	—
ablative		Italialta	—
allative		Italialle	—
essive		Italiana	—
translative		Italiaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Italiatta	—
comitative		—	—

Derived terms

• italia
• italialainen

Compounds

• italiankumina
• italiansalaatti
• italianvinttikoira

Anagrams

• laatii

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Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy

Related terms

• italiano

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Greenlandic

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

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Ido

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

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

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Indonesian

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.lja/

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

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Italian

l'Italia (“Italy”)

Etymology

From Latin Ītalia 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/, [iˈt̪äːl̺jä]

• Audio

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• Stress: Itàlia
• Hyphenation: I‧ta‧lia

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy

Related terms

Terms related to Italia

• italianeggiare
• italianese
• italianismo
• italianista
• italianità
• italianizzare

• italianizzazione
• italiano
• italicità
• italico
• italiesco
• italo

• italofilia
• italofilo
• italofobia
• italofobo
• italofonia
• italofono

Anagrams

• alitai

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Latin

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iˈta.li.a/, [ɪˈta.li.a]
• (poetic) (Classical) IPA^(key): /iːˈta.li.a/

• Audio (Classical, poetic)

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Proper noun

Ītalia f (genitive Ītaliae); first declension

1. Italy
2. the Italian people

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ītalia
Genitive	Ītaliae
Dative	Ītaliae
Accusative	Ītaliam
Ablative	Ītaliā
Vocative	Ītalia

Related terms

• ītalicus
• Ītalis
• ītalus

Descendants

• Catalan: Itàlia
• English: Italy
• Italian: Italia

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Emblem of Italy

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

Related terms

• italiener
• italiensk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

Related terms

• italienar
• italiensk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.lʲa/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Italia f

1. (literary) Italy
2. (historical) Italia (“One of the provinces of the Roman Empire”)

Declension

declension of Italia

	singular	plural
nominative	Italia	Italie
genitive	Italii	Italli
dative	Italii	Italiom
accusative	Italię	Italie
instrumental	Italią	Italiami
locative	Italii	Italiach
vocative	Italio	Italie

Synonyms

• (Italy): Włochy

Further reading

• Italia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Italia (kraina historyczna) on the Polish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pl

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈta.li.a]

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Italia
Gen/Dat	Italiei

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈtalja/, [iˈt̪alja]

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy

Related terms

• italianismo
• italianista
• italianizante
• italianizar
• italiano/italiana
• italianófilo/italianófila

• italicense
• itálico/itálica
• ítalo
• italorromance
• italorrománico/italorrománica