Italia

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

Albanian

Proper noun

Italia

1. definite nominative singular of Itali

Aromanian

Etymology

Definite form of Italii; -a (feminine definite article) added on.

Proper noun

Italia f

1. definite nominative of Italii
2. Italy

Related terms

• italian

Asturian

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Related terms

• italianu

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /italia/, [i.t̪a.li.a]

Proper noun

Italia inan

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Declension

Declension of Italia (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite
absolutive	Italia
ergative	Italiak
dative	Italiari
genitive	Italiaren
comitative	Italiarekin
causative	Italiarengatik
benefactive	Italiarentzat
instrumental	Italiaz
inessive	Italian
locative	Italiako
allative	Italiara
terminative	Italiaraino
directive	Italiarantz
destinative	Italiarako
ablative	Italiatik
partitive	Italiarik
prolative	Italiatzat

Derived terms

• italiar
• italiera

Breton

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Italia (“Italy”), via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú) (a name for the southwestern tip of Calabria), meaning "land of bulls" in Oscan. Usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).

Noun

Italia n

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Italia
Accusative	Italia
Dative	Italia
Genitive	Italia

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Italia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈitɑliɑ/, [ˈit̪ɑ̝ˌliɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): I‧ta‧li‧a

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

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		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Italia (type kulkija)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Italiani — accusative nom. Italiani — gen. Italiani genitive Italiani — partitive Italiaani — inessive Italiassani — elative Italiastani — illative Italiaani — adessive Italiallani — ablative Italialtani — allative Italialleni — essive Italianani — translative Italiakseni — instructive — — abessive Italiattani — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Italiasi — accusative nom. Italiasi — gen. Italiasi genitive Italiasi — partitive Italiaasi — inessive Italiassasi — elative Italiastasi — illative Italiaasi — adessive Italiallasi — ablative Italialtasi — allative Italiallesi — essive Italianasi — translative Italiaksesi — instructive — — abessive Italiattasi — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Italiamme — accusative nom. Italiamme — gen. Italiamme genitive Italiamme — partitive Italiaamme — inessive Italiassamme — elative Italiastamme — illative Italiaamme — adessive Italiallamme — ablative Italialtamme — allative Italiallemme — essive Italianamme — translative Italiaksemme — instructive — — abessive Italiattamme — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Italianne — accusative nom. Italianne — gen. Italianne genitive Italianne — partitive Italiaanne — inessive Italiassanne — elative Italiastanne — illative Italiaanne — adessive Italiallanne — ablative Italialtanne — allative Italiallenne — essive Italiananne — translative Italiaksenne — instructive — — abessive Italiattanne — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Italiansa — accusative nom. Italiansa — gen. Italiansa genitive Italiansa — partitive Italiaansa — inessive Italiassaan Italiassansa — elative Italiastaan Italiastansa — illative Italiaansa — adessive Italiallaan Italiallansa — ablative Italialtaan Italialtansa — allative Italialleen Italiallensa — essive Italianaan Italianansa — translative Italiakseen Italiaksensa — instructive — — abessive Italiattaan Italiattansa — comitative — —

Derived terms

• italia
• italialainen

Compounds

• italiankumina
• italiansalaatti
• italianvinttikoira

Anagrams

• itaali, laatii

Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Related terms

• italiano

Greenlandic

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy

Ido

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Italian Italia, from Latin Italia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈtalia̯/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: Ita‧li‧a

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Adjective

Italia

1. Italian

See also

• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Britania Raya, Bulgaria, Ceko, Denmark, Estonia, Finlandia, Georgia, Hongaria, Irlandia, Islandia, Italia, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Kroasia, Latvia, Listenstaina, Lituania, Luksemburg, Makedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Norwegia, Perancis, Polandia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Siprus, Slovenia, Slowakia, Spanyol, Swedia, Swiss, Turki, Ukraina, Yunani, Vatikan

Further reading

• “Italia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.lja/

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Italian

l'Italia (“Italy”)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Italia, from 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/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -alja
• Hyphenation: I‧tà‧lia

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Derived terms

• cavaliere d'Italia

 

Related terms

• italianeggiare
• italianese
• italianismo
• italianista
• italianità
• italianizzare
• italianizzazione
• italiano
• italicità
• italico
• italiesco
• italo
• italofilia
• italofilo
• italofobia
• italofobo
• italofonia
• italofono

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: Italia
• → Slavomolisano: Litalija

Anagrams

• alitai

Latin

Italia (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.

Alternative forms

• Ytalia (medieval)

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

• Audio (Classical, poetic)

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Proper noun

Ī̆talia f sg (genitive Ī̆taliae); first declension

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)
2. the Italian people

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ī̆talia
Genitive	Ī̆taliae
Dative	Ī̆taliae
Accusative	Ī̆taliam
Ablative	Ī̆taliā
Vocative	Ī̆talia

Related terms

• italicus
• italis
• italus

Descendants

• Catalan: Itàlia
• French: Italie
• → Old Irish: Etáil
  • Irish: An Iodáil
  • Manx: Yn Iddaal
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Eadailt
• Italian: Italia
  • → Indonesian: Italia
  • → Slavomolisano: Litalija
• → Old English: Italia
  • English: Italy
• Portuguese: Itália
• → Proto-West Germanic:
  • Old English: Eotol
• Romanian: Italia
• Sardinian: Itàlia
• Spanish: Italia
  • → Tagalog: Italya
• → Welsh: Eidal

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Emblem of Italy

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Related terms

• italiener
• italiensk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Related terms

• italienar
• italiensk

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Italia. Doublet of Eotol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.tɑ.li.ɑ/

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

   Synonym: Eotol

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Italia”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ī̆talia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.lja/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: I‧ta‧lia

Proper noun

Italia f

1. (literary) Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

   Synonym: Włochy

2. (historical) Italia (one of the provinces of the Roman Empire)

Declension

Declension of Italia

	singular
nominative	Italia
genitive	Italii
dative	Italii
accusative	Italię
instrumental	Italią
locative	Italii
vocative	Italio

Derived terms

adjective

• italski

 

Further reading

• Italia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Italia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈta.li.a]

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Italia
Gen/Dat	Italiei

Sicilian

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Italia 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): /iˈtalja/ [iˈt̪a.lja]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: I‧ta‧lia

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)

Related terms

• italianismo
• italianista
• italianizante
• italianizar
• italiano/italiana
• italianófilo/italianófila
• italicense
• itálico/itálica
• ítalo
• italorromance
• italorrománico/italorrománica

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Italya

Further reading

• “Italia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)