Italia

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

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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: Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Related terms

• italian

Asturian

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Related terms

• italianu

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /italia/ [i.t̪a.li.a]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: I‧ta‧li‧a

Proper noun

Italia inan

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

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 (“Italian”)
• italiera (“Italian language”)

 

See also

• (countries of Europe) Europako herrialdeak; Albania, Alemania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgika, Bielorrusia, Bosnia eta Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Danimarka, Eslovakia, Eslovenia, Espainia, Estonia, Erresuma Batua, Errumania, Errusia, Finlandia, Frantzia, Georgia, Grezia, Herbehereak, Hungaria, Ipar Mazedonia, Irlanda, Islandia, Italia, Kazakhstan, Kroazia, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxenburgo, Malta, Moldavia, Monako, Montenegro, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Suedia, Suitza, Turkia, Txekia, Ukraina, Vatikano Hiria, Zipre

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Breton

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

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)

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Italia
accusative	Italia
dative	Italia
genitive	Italia

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Italia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈitɑliɑ/, [ˈit̪ɑ̝ˌliɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): I‧ta‧lia

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

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	—
abessive		Italiatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Italia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

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 — abessive Italiattani — instructive — — 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 — abessive Italiattasi — instructive — — 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 — abessive Italiattamme — instructive — — 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 — abessive Italiattanne — instructive — — 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 — abessive Italiattaan Italiattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• italia
• italialainen

 

compounds

• italianajokoira
• italiankumina
• italianpantaheinä
• italianpata
• italiansalaatti
• italiansusikoira
• italiantunnelimyyrä
• italianvinttikoira

 

See also

• (countries of Europe) Euroopan maat; Alankomaat, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaidžan, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Bulgaria, Espanja, Georgia, Irlanti, Islanti, Iso-Britannia, Italia, Itävalta, Kazakstan, Kreikka, Kroatia, Kypros, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Liettua, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norja, Pohjois-Makedonia, Portugali, Puola, Ranska, Romania, Ruotsi, Saksa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suomi, Sveitsi, Tanska, Tšekki, Turkki, Ukraina, Unkari, Valko-Venäjä, Vatikaani, Venäjä, Viro ^{(Category: fi:Countries in Europe)}

Anagrams

• itaali, laatii

Galician

Alternative forms

• Itália (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Related terms

• italiano

Greenlandic

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú)bor.?

Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā)der.

Latin Ītalialbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese Italia

Brazilian Portuguese Itáliabor.

Hunsrik Italia

Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese Itália. Doublet of Italje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈtaːlia/, /iˈtalia/
• Rhymes: -aːlia, -alia
• Syllabification: I‧ta‧li‧a

Proper noun

Italia n

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

   Synonym: Italje

See also

• (countries of Europe) ëuropäisches Land; Belche, Deitschland, Eesterreich, England, Finnland, Frankreich, Griecheland, Italje/Italia, Luxemborrich, Nitterlande, Pole, Portugal, Russland, Schweiz, Spanje ^{(Category: hrx:Countries in Europe)}

Ido

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

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 Dutch Italië.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /itaˈlia/ [i.t̪aˈli.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: I‧ta‧li‧a

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

   Synonym: (Standard Malay) Itali

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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.lja/

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

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

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

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

• → Arabic: إِيطَالِيَا (ʔīṭāliyā)
• → Japanese: イタリア (Itaria)
• → Korean: 이탈리아 (Itallia)
• → Maltese: Italja
• → Slavomolisano: Litalija
• → Persian: ایتالیا (itâliyâ)

See also

• (countries of Europe) paesi d'Europa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaigian, Belgio, Bielorussia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Cechia, Cipro, Città del Vaticano, Croazia, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazakistan, Lettonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Macedonia del Nord, Malta, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, Norvegia, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Portogallo, Romania, Regno Unito, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Svizzera, Turchia, Ucraina, Ungheria ^{(Category: it:Countries in Europe)}

Anagrams

• alitai

Latin

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

Alternative forms

• Ytalia (Medieval 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 Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈta.li.a/, [ɪˈt̪älʲiä]
• (Classical, poetic) IPA^(key): /iːˈta.li.a/, [iːˈt̪älʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈta.li.a/, [iˈt̪äːliä]

Note: the initial vowel was reportedly phonemically short, but lengthened in dactylic verse on the Greek model due to the requirements of the meter. Compare ī̆talus, Ā̆rabia, Ā̆sia.

Proper noun

Ī̆talia f sg (genitive Ī̆taliae); first declension

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.361:

     “Ītaliam nōn sponte sequor.”

     “Italy is my goal not by choice”

2. the Italian people

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ī̆talia
genitive	Ī̆taliae
dative	Ī̆taliae
accusative	Ī̆taliam
ablative	Ī̆taliā
vocative	Ī̆talia

Related terms

• ī̆talicus
• ī̆talis
• ī̆talus

 

Descendants

Note: there are no inherited descendants; by early Medieval times the word had likely become historic.

• → Catalan: Itàlia
• → French: Italie
• → Old Irish: Etáil
  • Irish: An Iodáil
  • Manx: Yn Iddaal
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Eadailt
• → Italian: Italia
  • → Arabic: إِيطَالِيَا (ʔīṭāliyā)
  • → Japanese: イタリア (Itaria)
  • → Korean: 이탈리아 (Itallia)
  • → Maltese: Italja
  • → Slavomolisano: Litalija
  • → Persian: ایتالیا (itâliyâ)
• → Old English: Italia
  • English: Italy
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: Italia, Ytalia, Eytalia
  • Galician: Italia
  • Portuguese: Itália (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-West Germanic:
  • Old English: Eotol
• → Romanian: Italia
• → Sardinian: Itàlia
• → Sicilian: Italia, Talia, Tàlia
• → 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)

Related terms

• italiener
• italiensk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Related terms

• italienar
• italiensk

Old English

Picture dictionary

Italia

Ispania

Īrland

Sċotland

Wēalas

Orcadas

Wiht

Engla land

Francland

Norþweġ

Frīsland

Denemearc

Germanie

Swēoland

Burgenda land

Scedenig

Italia

Sicilie

Finna land

Ungerland

Ilirice

Pulgara land

Ēstland

Wendelsǣ

Mæcedonia

Grēcland

Syria

Sciþþia

Armenia

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)

   Synonym: Eotol

   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ⁊ hē [Pirrus] hæfde XX elpenda tō þǣm ġefeohte mid him, þe Rōmane ǣr na ne ne ġesawon: hē wæs sē forma mon þe hīe ǣrest on Italium brōhte.

     And he [Pyrrhus] had twenty elephants with him in battle, which the Romans had never seen before; he was the first man to bring them to Italy.

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Italia”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Ytalia, Eytalia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ītalia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), possibly borrowed from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú).

Noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Descendants

• Galician: Italia
• Portuguese: Itália (see there for further descendants)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Ytalia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Italia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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)

   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

Alternative forms

• Италия (Italia) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈta.li.a/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alia
• Hyphenation: I‧ta‧li‧a

Proper noun

Italia f

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Italie	Italia
genitive-dative	Italii	Italiei
vocative	Italie, Italio

See also

• (countries of Europe) țările Europei; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaidjan, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia și Herțegovina, Bulgaria, Cehia, Cipru, Croația, Danemarca, Elveția, Estonia, Finlanda, Franța, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazahstan, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburg, Macedonia de Nord, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Muntenegru, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugalia, Regatul Unit, România, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Spania, Suedia, Turcia, Țările de Jos, Ucraina, Ungaria, Vatican ^{(Category: ro:Countries in Europe)}

Further reading

• Italia in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Samoan

Etymology

From Italian Italia.

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• Talia, Tàlia

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): /iˈta.lja/
• Rhymes: -alja
• Hyphenation: I‧tà‧lia

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

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)

Related terms

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

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Italya

See also

• (countries of Europe) países de Europa; Albania, Alemania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaiyán, Bélgica, Bielorrusia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chipre, Ciudad del Vaticano, Croacia, Dinamarca, Eslovaquia, Eslovenia, España, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Georgia, Grecia, Hungría, Irlanda, Islandia, Italia, Kazajistán, Letonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgo, Macedonia del Norte, Malta, Moldavia, Mónaco, Montenegro, Noruega, Países Bajos, Polonia, Portugal, Reino Unido, República Checa, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Suecia, Suiza, Turquía, Ucrania ^{(Category: es:Countries in Europe)}

Further reading

• “Italia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Italia

1. Italy (a country in Southern Europe)