Italia

Declension ofItalia(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

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italiar(“Italian”)
italiera(“Italian language”)

Breton

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

Central Nahuatl

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

Faroese

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Etymology

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FromLatinItalia(“Italy”), viaAncient GreekῙ̓ταλίᾱ(Ītalíā), fromOscan𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞(víteliú) (a name for the southwestern tip ofCalabria), meaning "land of bulls" in Oscan. Usually assumed to be a cognate ofvitulus(“calf”).

Noun

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Italia n

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

Declension

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	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Italia
accusative	Italia
dative	Italia
genitive	Italia

Finnish

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Etymology

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FromLatinItalia.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

Declension

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Inflection ofItalia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Italia	—
genitive		Italian	—
partitive		Italiaa	—
illative		Italiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Italia	—
accusative	nom.	Italia	—
accusative	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 ofItalia(Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Italiani	—
accusative	nom.	Italiani	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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

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compounds

Anagrams

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itaali,laatii

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Itália(reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Italia f

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

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italiano

Greenlandic

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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Etymology tree

Oscan𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞(víteliú)bor.?

Ancient GreekῙ̓ταλίᾱ(Ītalíā)der.

LatinĪtalia lbor.

Old Galician-PortugueseItalia

Brazilian PortugueseItália bor.

HunsrikItalia

Unadapted borrowing fromBrazilian PortugueseItália.^[1]Doublet ofItalje.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Italia n

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)
Synonym:Italje

References

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^Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Italia”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch,page83, column 2

Ido

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Proper noun

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

Indonesian

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IndonesianWikipedia has an article on:

Italia

Wikipedia^id

Etymology

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FromDutchItalië.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)
Synonym:(Standard Malay)Itali

Interlingua

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InterlinguaWikipedia has an article on:

Italia

Wikipedia^ia

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/iˈta.lja/

Proper noun

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

Italian

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ItalianWikipedia has an article on:

Italia

Wikipedia^it

l'Italia (“Italy”)

Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinItalia, fromAncient GreekῙ̓ταλίᾱ(Ītalíā), fromOscan𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞(víteliú,“land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate ofvitulus(“calf”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/iˈta.lja/^[1]
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Rhymes:-alja

Proper noun

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Italia f

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

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

References

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^Italia inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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alitai

Latin

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LatinWikipedia has an article on:

Italia

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

Alternative forms

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Ytalia(Medieval Latin)

Etymology

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ViaAncient GreekῙ̓ταλίᾱ(Ītalíā), fromOscan𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞(víteliú,“land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate ofvitulus(“calf”).

Pronunciation

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(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 indactylic verse on the Greek model due to the requirements of the meter.^[1] Compareī̆talus,Ā̆rabia,Ā̆sia.

Proper noun

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Ī̆talia f sg (genitiveĪ̆taliae);first declension

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)
- 29BCE – 19BCE,Virgil,Aeneid4.361:
  “Ītaliam nōn sponte sequor.”
  “Italy is my goal not by choice”
theItalian people

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

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

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Descendants

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Note: there are no inherited descendants; by early Medieval times the word had likely become historic.^[2]

→ Catalan:Itàlia
→ French:Italie
→ Old Irish:Etáil
- Irish:AnIodáil
- Manx:YnIddaal
- Scottish Gaelic:AnEadailt
→ 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

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“Italia”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Italia inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^Donatus, Ars maior ch. III, 4:Ectasis est extensio syllabae contra naturam verbi, ut “Italiam fato profugus”, cum Italia correpte dici debeat.
^Lorenzo Tomasin (2011)Italiano: storia di una parola (Frecce) (in Italian), Roma: Carocci,→ISBN, page27

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian BokmålWikipedia has an article on:

Italia

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Emblem of Italy

Proper noun

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:

Italia

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Proper noun

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

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Old English

Italia

Etymology

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FromLatinItalia.Doublet ofEotol.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈi.tɑ.li.ɑ/

Proper noun

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Italia f

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)
Synonym:Eotol
- late 9th century,translation ofOrosius’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 onItalium 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 toItaly.

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Ytalia,Eytalia

Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatinĪtalia, fromAncient GreekῙ̓ταλίᾱ(Ītalíā), possibly borrowed fromOscan𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞(víteliú).

Noun

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Italia f

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

Descendants

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

References

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

Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:

Italia (kraina historyczna)

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatinĪ̆talia, fromAncient GreekῙ̓ταλίᾱ(Ītalíā), fromOscan𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞(víteliú).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/iˈta.lja/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-alja
Syllabification:I‧ta‧lia

Proper noun

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Italia f

(literary)Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)
Synonym:Włochy
(historical)Italia(one of the provinces of the Roman Empire)

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Declension ofItalia

	singular
nominative	Italia
genitive	Italii
dative	Italii
accusative	Italię
instrumental	Italią
locative	Italii
vocative	Italio

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adjective

italski

Romanian

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RomanianWikipedia has an article on:

Italia

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Alternative forms

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Италия(Italia) —post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/iˈta.li.a/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-alia
Hyphenation:I‧ta‧li‧a

Proper noun

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Italia f

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

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

Samoan

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Etymology

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FromItalianItalia.

Proper noun

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Italia

Italy (acountry inSouthern Europe)

Sicilian

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SicilianWikipedia has an article on:

Italia

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Alternative forms

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Talia,Tàlia

Etymology

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FromLatinItalia viaAncient GreekῙ̓ταλίᾱ(Ītalíā), fromOscan𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞(víteliú,“land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate ofvitulus(“calf”).