Italia

Italia

(iˈtaːlja) n (Placename) the Italian name for Italy

It•a•ly

(ˈɪt l i)

n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 56,735,130; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia.

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Italia - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century ADItalian Republic, ItalyCannae - ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BCbattle of Caporetto, Caporetto - battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forcesBattle of Lake Trasimenus, Lake Trasimenus - a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by FlaminiusBattle of Magenta, Magenta - a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph IMarengo - a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the AustriansMetaurus River - a battle during the second Punic War (207 BC); Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in ItalyBattle of Ravenna, Ravenna - a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512Salerno - a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943battle of Solferino, Solferino - an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph Ibattle of Trasimeno, Trasimeno - a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BCAppian Way - an ancient Roman road in Italy extending south from Rome to Brindisi; begun in 312 BCFlaminian Way - an ancient Roman road in Italy built by Gaius Flaminius in 220 BC; extends north from Rome to cisalpine Gaulspaghetti Western - a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film companyaloha, ciao - an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)Italian - the Romance language spoken in Italygrissino - a long slender crusty breadstickpolenta - a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or watercalamari, calamary, squid - (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as foodBrigate Rosse, Red Brigades, BR - a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989NIPR, Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei, Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus - a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002Common Market, EC, EEC, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, EU, Europe - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union"NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective securitycommune - the smallest administrative district of several European countriesItalian Peninsula - a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean SeaPompeii - ancient city to the southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from VesuviusHerculaneum - ancient city; now destroyedAbruzzi, Abruzzi e Molise - a mountainous region of central Italy on the AdriaticBasilicata, Lucania - a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot')Bolzano - an Italian city in Trentino-Alto Adige near the Austrian border; noted as a resort and for its Alpine sceneryBrescia - an ancient Italian city in central LombardyCalabria - a region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot')Campania - a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and IschiaFerrara - a city in northern Italy; "in the 13th century Ferrara was a center of Renaissance learning and the arts"Emilia-Romagna - a region of north central Italy on the AdriaticFriuli-Venezia Giulia - a region in northeastern ItalyLatium, Lazio - an ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Seacapital of Italy, Eternal City, Italian capital, Rome, Roma - capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman EmpireAnzio - a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War IIBrindisi - a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages