| 单词 | little italy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLittle Italy Little Italy n. (a) (in form little Italy) a place or region considered to resemble Italy (obsolete); (b) chiefly North American any urban district inhabited predominantly by Italian immigrants or people of Italian descent. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > part reminiscent of other place Little Venice1598 Little Italy1762 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > inhabited by similar people > other specific nationality Moorery1808 Little Italy1885 Koreatown1977 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 391 Bamberg..near which also are such numbers of laurel, fig, lemon, and orange trees, that this spot is stiled, by some, the little Italy [Ger. das kleine Italien] of Germany. 1775 S. Dobson tr. J.-F.-P.-A. de Sade Life of Petrarch I. 49 This part of Gascony appeared a little Italy. 1885 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 9 July 2/3 Seventy-five or eighty ragpickers have been locked up.., and in Little Italy it is beginning to be understood that the health officers mean business. 1950 J. Lait & L. Mortimer Chicago: Confidential ii. xxii. 174 Years during which the Mafia (Black Hand) flourished in Chicago in Little Italy. 2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Oct. 64/2 She lives in Manhattan's Little Italy, surrounded by trendy restaurants and fabulous boutiques. < as lemmas |
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