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From Old English Italia , borrowed from Latin Italia , from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ ( Ītalíā ) , possibly borrowed 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.
Italy
A country in Southern Europe . Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy . Capital and largest city: 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
country in southern Europe
Abkhaz: Италиа ( Itʼalja )
Acehnese: Itali
Adyghe: Италие ( Jitalije )
Afrikaans: Italië (af)
Albanian: Itali f ( indefinite ) , Italia (sq) f ( definite )
Archaic Albanian: Lëtirësia
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 )
Carpathian Rusyn: Іта́лія f ( Itálija )
Catalan: Itàlia (ca) f
Chechen: Итали ( İtali )
Cherokee: ᎢᏔᎵᏱ ( italiyi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 意大利 ( ji3 daai6 lei6 )
Eastern Min: 意大利 ( É-dâi-lé )
Hakka: 意大利 ( Yi-thai-li )
Hokkien: 意大利 ( Ì-tāi-lī ) , 義大利 / 义大利 ( Ì-tāi-lī )
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 )
Wu: 意大利 ( 5 i-da-li; 6 yi-da-li)
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) n
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) m ( iṭlī ) , इटली (hi) m ( iṭalī )
Hungarian: Olaszország (hu)
Hunsrik: Italje n
Icelandic: Ítalía (is) f
Ido: Italia (io)
Indonesian: Itali (id) , Italia (id)
Interlingua: Italia (ia)
Irish: An Iodáil (ga) 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 (ja) ( Itarī ) , 伊太利 (ja) ( イタリー, Itarī ) ( obsolete )
Kannada: ಇಟಲಿ (kn) ( iṭali )
Karachay-Balkar: Италия ( İtaliya )
Kashubian: Italskô n
Kazakh: Италия (kk) ( İtaliä )
Khmer: អ៊ីតាលី (km) ( ʼiitaalii )
Komi-Permyak: Италия ( Itaľija )
Komi-Zyrian: Италия ( Itaľija )
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
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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 (ms) , Italia (ms)
Malayalam: ഇറ്റലി ( iṟṟali )
Maltese: l-Italja f
Manx: Yn Iddaal f
Maori: Itāria , itari
Marathi: इटली ( iṭlī )
Mingrelian: იტალია ( iṭalia )
Moksha: Италие ( Itaľije )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Итали (mn) ( Itali )
Mongolian: ᠢᠲ᠋ᠠᠯᠢ ( itali )
Navajo: Doohatsʼíí Yátiʼ Dineʼé Bikéyah
Neapolitan: Italia f
Nepali: इटली ( iṭlī )
Norman: Italie f
Northern Sami: Itália
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Italia (no) n
Nynorsk: Italia (nn) n
Occitan: Itàlia (oc) f
Odia: ଇଟାଲୀ ( iṭāli )
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Їталїꙗ f ( Italija ) ( modern )
Old English: Italia f
Old Irish: Etáil f
Old Norse: Ítalía f , Ítalíaland n
Ossetian: Итали ( Itali )
Pashto: ايتاليا f ( itāliyā ) , ايټالي f ( iṭāli ) , ايټاليا f ( iṭālya )
Persian:
Dari: اِیتَالِیَا (fa) ( ītāliyā )
Iranian Persian: ایتالِیا (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 )
Sanskrit: इटली ( iṭalī )
Sardinian: Itàlia
Scottish Gaelic: An Eadailt f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ѝта̄лија f
Roman: Ìtālija (sh) f
Sicilian: Italia (scn) f , Talia f , Tàlia f
Silesian: Italijo f
Sinhalese: ඉතාලිය (si) ( 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) n
Tagalog: Italya
Tajik: Итолиё ( Itoliyo ) , Италия (tg) ( Italiya )
Tamil: இத்தாலி (ta) ( ittāli )
Tarantino: Itaglie
Tatar: Италия ( İtaliyä )
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: اِطالِیَہ m ( itāliya ) , اِٹَلی m ( iṭalī )
Uyghur: ئىتالىيە ( italiye )
Uzbek: Italiya (uz)
Venetan: Itałia f , Tałia
Veps: Italii
Vietnamese: Ý (vi) (意 ), Ý Đại Lợi (意大利 ), nước Ý
Volapük: Litaliyän (vo)
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Votic: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: yr Eidal (cy) f
West Frisian: Itaalje (fy)
Yiddish: איטאַליע f ( italye )
Yoruba: Ítálì
Zhuang: Yidali
Zulu: ITaliya
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