Italy

Inherited from Old English Italia. 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. Doublet of Italia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪtəli/
- (General American) IPA^(key): [ˈɪ.ɾə.li]
- (some American dialects) IPA^(key): [ˈɪʔ.li]
- (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): [ˈɪ.tə.lɪj]
- (Ghanaian) IPA^(key): [ˈi.tɐ.li]
- (Ireland) IPA^(key): [ˈɪθ̠əli]
  - (Local Dublin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪhəli], [ˈɪʔəli]
- Audio (US): (file)
- Audio (UK): (file)
(Indic) IPA^(key): /ɪˈʈæli/, /ɪˈʈɑli/, /ˈɪʈəli/

Proper noun

Italy

A country in Southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital and largest city: Rome.
Synonym: (rare) Italia
- 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
- 2023 January 3, Ben Church, “How Christian Eriksen returned to football after suffering cardiac arrest on pitch”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  Serie A club Inter Milan – whom Eriksen had been contracted to at the time of the incident – let the midfielder move abroad as he was unable to play in Italy unless the ICD device was removed.
Synonym of Apennine Peninsula.

Meronyms

country in Southern Europe

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Japanese: イタリー (Itarī) (dated)
→ Telugu: ఇటలీ (iṭalī)
→ Thai: อิตาลี (ì-dtaa-lîi)
→ Yoruba: Ítálì

Translations

country in southern Europe

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

Old Albanian: Taleia f
Amharic: ጣልያን (ṭalyan)
Arabic: إِيطَالِيَا (ar) f (ʔīṭāliyā)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo Aramaic: ܐܝܛܠܝܐ f (iṭliyā)

Classical Syriac: ܐܝܛܠܝܐ f (ʾīṭāliyā)
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)
Carpathian Rusyn: Іта́лія f (Itálija)
Catalan: Itàlia (ca) f
Chechen: Итали (İtali)
Cherokee: ᎢᏔᎵᏱ (italiyi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 意大利 (ji³ daai⁶ lei⁶)

Eastern Min: 意大利 (É-dâi-lé)

Hakka: 意大利 (Yi-thai-li)

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

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)

Wu: 意大利 (⁵i-da-li; ⁶yi-da-li)
Chuvash: Итали (It̬ali)
Coptic: ϯϩⲩⲧⲁⲗⲓⲁ f (tihutalia)
Cornish: Itali f
Corsican: Italia f
Crimean Tatar: İtaliya
Czech: Itálie (cs) f
Danish: Italien (da)
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 (ja) (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 (ms), Italia (ms)
Malayalam: ഇറ്റലി (iṟṟali)
Maltese: l-Italja f
Manx: Yn Iddaal f
Maori: Itāria, itari
Marathi: इटली (iṭlī)
Mingrelian: იტალია (iṭalia)
Moksha: Италие (Italije)
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
Odia: ଇଟାଲୀ (iṭāli)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Їталїꙗ f (Italija) (modern)
Old English: Italia f
Old Irish: Etáil f
Old Norse: Ítalía f, Ítalíaland n
Ossetian: Итали (Itali)
Pannonian Rusyn: Италия f (Italija)
Pashto: ايتاليا f (itāliyā), ايټالي f (iṭāli), ايټاليا f (iṭālya)
Persian:
Dari: اِیتَالِیَا (ītāliyā)

Iranian Persian: ایتالِیا (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)
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
Tahitian: ’Itāria
Tajik: Итолиё (Itoliyo), Италия (tg) (Italiya)
Tamil: இத்தாலி (ta) (ittāli)
Tarantino: Itaglie
Tatar: Италия (İtaliyä)
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 (itāliya), اِٹَلی m (iṭalī)
Uyghur: ئىتالىيە (italiye)
Uzbek: Italiya (uz)
Venetan: Itałia f, Tałia
Veps: Italii
Vietnamese: Ý (vi) (意), Ý Đại Lợi (意大利), nước Ý, I-ta-li-a
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: Ítálì
Zhuang: Yidali
Zulu: ITaliya

Anagrams

-ality, laity

English

Etymology