Italy

English

Map of Italy.

Etymology

From Middle English Italy, Italie, from Old English Italia (“Italy”), from Latin Italia (“Italy”), via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú). Usually explained as a cognate of vitulus (“calf”), thus meaning "land of young bulls" in Oscan. In that case, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). According to some ancient Greek authors, named after a king Italus or Italos, whose kingdom was on the peninsula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪtəli/

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Proper noun

Italy

2. A country in southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital: Rome.
   • 1868, E. S. G. S., Italy and her capital, page 170:

     Rome is the heart of Italy [...]. She was, is, and must ever be, her capital.

   • 19th century, Thomas Hodgkin, Italy and her invaders, title:

     Italy and her invaders

3. Synonym of Apennine Peninsula

Related terms

• Italian
• Italianate
• Italianisation, Italianization
• Italianise, Italianize
• Italic
• Italish
• Italo-
• Italophile

 

Descendants

• → Thai: อิตาลี (ì-dtaa-lîi)

Translations

country in southern Europe

• Abkhaz: Италиа (Itʼalja)
• Acehnese: Itali
• Adyghe: Италие (Jitalije)
• Afrikaans: Italië (af)
• Albanian: Itali f (indefinite), Italia (sq) f (definite)

  Old Albanian: Taleia f

  Archaic Albanian: Lëtirësia

• Amharic: ጣልያን (ṭalyan)
• Arabic: إِيطَالِيَا‎ (ar) f (ʔīṭāliyā)
• Armenian: Իտալիա (hy) (Italia)
• Aromanian: Italii f (indefinite), Italia f (definite),
• Asturian: Italia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: İtaliya (az)
• Bashkir: Италия (İtaliya)
• Basque: Italia (eu)
• Belarusian: Іта́лія f (Itálija)
• Bengali: ইতালি (bn) (itali)
• Breton: Italia (br)
• Bulgarian: Ита́лия (bg) f (Itálija)
• Burmese: အီတလီ (ita.li)
• Buryat: Итали (Itali)
• Catalan: Itàlia (ca) f
• Chechen: Итали (İtali)
• Cherokee: ᎢᏔᎵᏱ (italiyi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 意大利 (ji³ daai⁶ lei⁶)

  Mandarin: 意大利 (zh) (Yìdàlì) (Mainland China, Hong Kong), 義大利／义大利 (zh) (Yìdàlì) (chiefly Taiwan), 意大利亞／意大利亚 (zh) (Yìdàlìyà) (obsolete)

  Min Nan: 意大利 (Ì-tāi-lī), 義大利／义大利 (Ì-tāi-lī)

• Chuvash: Итали (It̬ali)
• Coptic: ϯϩⲩⲧⲁⲗⲓⲁ f (tihutalia)
• Cornish: Itali f
• Corsican: Italia f
• Crimean Tatar: İtaliya
• Czech: Itálie (cs) f
• Danish: Italien (da) n
• Dhivehi: އިޓަލީވިލާތް‎ (iṭalīvilāt̊)
• Dutch: Italië (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཨི་ཊ་ལི་ (i ṭa li)
• Esperanto: Italio (eo), Italujo (eo)
• Estonian: Itaalia (et)
• Farefare: Italia
• Faroese: Italia n
• Finnish: Italia (fi)
• French: Italie (fr) f
• Friulian: Italie f
• Galician: Italia (gl) f
• Georgian: იტალია (ka) (iṭalia)
• German: Italien (de) n
• Greek: Ιταλία (el) f (Italía)

  Ancient: Ἰταλία f (Italía)

• Greenlandic: Italia
• Gujarati: ઈટલી (īṭalī)
• Hausa: Italiya
• Hawaiian: ʻĪkālia
• Hebrew: אִיטַלְיָה‎ (he) f (itáliya)
• Hindi: इटली (hi) m (iṭlī), इटली (hi) m (iṭalī)
• Hungarian: Olaszország (hu)
• Hunsrik: Italje n
• Icelandic: Ítalía (is) f
• Ido: Italia (io)
• Indonesian: Itali (id), Italia (id)
• Interlingua: Italia (ia)
• Irish: An Iodáil (ga) f
• Italian: Italia (it) f, Stivale m, bel paese m
• Japanese: イタリア (ja) (Itaria), 伊太利亜 (ja) (イタリア, Itaria) (obsolete), イタリー (Itarī), 伊太利 (ja) (イタリー, Itarī) (obsolete)
• Kannada: ಇಟಲಿ (kn) (iṭali)
• Karachay-Balkar: Италия (İtaliya)
• Kashubian: Italskô n
• Kazakh: Италия (kk) (İtaliä)
• Khmer: អ៊ីតាលី (km) (ʼiitaalii)
• Komi-Permyak: Италия (Itaľija)
• Komi-Zyrian: Италия (Itaľija)
• Korean: 이탈리아 (ko) (Itallia), 이태리(伊太利) (ko) (Itaeri), 이딸리아 (ko) (Ittallia) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Îtalya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Италия (ky) (İtaliya)
• Ladin: Talia f
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ອິຕາລີ (lo) (ʼi tā lī)
• Latin: Ītalia (la) f, Latina (la)
• Latvian: Itālija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Italija (lt) f
• Livonian: Itāļmō
• Luxembourgish: Italien (lb) n
• Macedonian: Ита́лија (mk) f (Itálija)
• Malay: Itali, Italia
• Malayalam: ഇറ്റലി (iṟṟali)
• Maltese: l-Italja f
• Manx: Yn Iddaal f
• Maori: Itāria, itari
• Marathi: इटली (iṭlī)
• Mingrelian: იტალია (iṭalia)
• Moksha: Италие (Itaľije)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Итали (mn) (Itali)

  Mongolian: ᠢᠲ᠋ᠠᠯᠢ (itali)

• Navajo: Doohatsʼíí Yátiʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Neapolitan: Italia f
• Nepali: इटली (iṭlī)
• Norman: Italie f
• Northern Sami: Itália
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Italia (no) n

  Nynorsk: Italia (nn) n

• Occitan: Itàlia (oc) f
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Їталїꙗ f (Italija) (modern)

• Old English: Italia f
• Old Irish: Etáil f
• Old Norse: Ítalía f, Ítalíaland n
• Oriya: ଇଟାଲୀ (iṭali)
• Ossetian: Итали (Itali)
• Pashto: ايتاليا‎ f (itāliyā), ايټالي‎ f (íṭāli), ايټاليا‎ f (iṭālyá)
• Persian: ایتالِیا‎ (fa) (itâliyâ)
• Plautdietsch: Italien (nds) f
• Polish: Włochy (pl) pl, Italia (pl) f (rare)
• Portuguese: Itália (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਇਟਲੀ (iṭalī)
• Rarotongan: ‘Itāria
• Rohingya: Itali
• Romanian: Italia (ro) f
• Russian: Ита́лия (ru) f (Itálija)
• Rusyn: Іта́лія f (Itálija)
• Sanskrit: इटली (iṭalī)
• Sardinian: Itàlia
• Scottish Gaelic: An Eadailt f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ѝта̄лија f

  Roman: Ìtālija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Italia (scn) f, Talia f, Tàlia f
• Silesian: Italijo f
• Sinhalese: ඉතාලිය (si) (itāliya)
• Slovak: Taliansko (sk) n
• Slovene: Itálija (sl) f
• Somali: Talyaaniga
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Włoska f, Italska f

  Upper Sorbian: Italska f

• Spanish: Italia (es) f
• Swahili: Italia, Uitali
• Swedish: Italien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Italya
• Tajik: Итолиё (Itoliyo), Италия (tg) (Italiya)
• Tamil: இத்தாலி (ta) (ittāli)
• Tarantino: Itaglie
• Tatar: Италия (İtaliya)
• Telugu: ఇటలీ (te) (iṭalī)
• Thai: อิตาลี (th) (ì-dtaa-lîi)
• Tibetan: ཨི་ཏ་ལི (i ta li)
• Tigrinya: ኢጣልያ (ʾiṭalya)
• Turkish: İtalya (tr)
• Turkmen: Italiýa
• Ukrainian: Іта́лія (uk) f (Itálija)
• Urdu: اِطالِیَہ‎ m (itāliyā), اِٹلی‎ m (iṭalī)
• Uyghur: ئىتالىيە‎ (italiye)
• Uzbek: Italiya (uz)
• Venetian: Itałia f, Tałia
• Veps: Italii
• Vietnamese: Ý (vi), Ý Đại Lợi, nước Ý
• Volapük: Litaliyän (vo)
• Võro: please add this translation if you can
• Votic: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: yr Eidal (cy) f
• West Frisian: Itaalje (fy)
• Yiddish: איטאַליע‎ f (italye)
• Yoruba: Itálíà
• Zhuang: Yidali
• Zulu: ITaliya

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Anagrams

• -ality, laity