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

A country in southern Europe. Official name: Italian Republic. 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
Synonym of Apennine Peninsula

Related terms

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

Translations

country in southern Europe

Abkhaz: Италиа (Itʼalja)
Acehnese: Itali
Adyghe: Италие (Jitaaliije)
Afrikaans: Italië (af)
Albanian: Itali f (indefinite), Italia (sq) f (definite)
Old Albanian: Taleia f
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:
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)
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)
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) (iṭlī)
Hungarian: Olaszország (hu)
Hunsrik: Italje n
Icelandic: Ítalía (is) f
Ido: Italia (io)
Indonesian: Itali (id), Italia (id)
Interlingua: Italia (ia)
Irish: An Iodáil 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 (Italiä)
Khmer: អ៊ីតាលី (km) (ʼiitaalii)
Komi-Permyak: Италия (Italʹija)
Komi-Zyrian: Италия (Italʹija)
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 (Italije)
Mongolian: Итали (mn) (Itali)
Navajo: Doohatsʼíí Yátiʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah
Neapolitan: Italia f
Nepali: इटली (iṭlī)
Norman: Italie f
Northern Sami: Itália
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Italia (no)
Nynorsk: Italia (nn)
Occitan: Itàlia (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Италїꙗ f (Italija)
Glagolitic: Ⰻⱅⰰⰾⰻⰰ (Italia)
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: ایتالیا‎ (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: Италија f
Roman: Italija (sh) f
Sicilian: Italia (scn) f, Talia f, Tàlia f
Silesian: Italijo f
Sinhalese: ඉතාලිය (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)
Tagalog: Italya
Tajik: Итолиё (Itoliyo)
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: اطالیہ‎ m (itāliyah), اٹلی‎ 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)
Votic: please add this translation if you can
Võro: 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

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