# Italia
## Albanian
### Proper noun

Italia
* definite nominative singular of Itali

## Aromanian
### Etymology

Definite form of Italii; -a (feminine definite article) added on.

### Proper noun

Italia f
* definite nominative of Italii

#### Related terms

* italian

## Asturian
### Proper noun

Italia f
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Related terms

* italianu

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /italia/ [i.t̪a.li.a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ia, -a
* Hyphenation: I‧ta‧li‧a

### Proper noun

Italia inan
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Derived terms

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

### See also

* Albania
* Alemania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgika
* Bielorrusia
* Bosnia eta Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Danimarka
* Erresuma Batua
* Errumania
* Errusia
* Eslovakia
* Eslovenia
* Espainia
* Estonia
* Finlandia
* Frantzia
* Georgia
* Grezia
* Herbehereak
* Hungaria
* Ipar Mazedonia
* Irlanda
* Islandia
* Italia
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Kroazia
* Letonia
* Liechtenstein
* Lituania
* Luxenburgo
* Malta
* Moldavia
* Monako
* Montenegro
* Norvegia
* Polonia
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Suedia
* Suitza
* Turkia
* Txekia
* Ukraina
* Vatikano Hiria
* Zipre

### Further reading

* “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

## Breton
### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Latin Italia (“Italy”), via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú) (a name for the southwestern tip of Calabria), meaning "land of bulls" in Oscan. Usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).

### Noun

Italia n
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin Italia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈitɑliɑ/, [ˈit̪ɑ̝ˌliɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: I‧ta‧lia

### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Italia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Italiani
accusative
nom.
Italiani
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
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
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
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
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

* italia
* italialainen
* italianajokoira
* italiankumina
* italianpantaheinä
* italianpata
* italiansalaatti
* italiansusikoira
* italiantunnelimyyrä
* italianvinttikoira

### See also

* Alankomaat
* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Azerbaidžan
* Belgia
* Bosnia ja Hertsegovina
* Bulgaria
* Espanja
* Georgia
* Irlanti
* Islanti
* Iso-Britannia
* Italia
* Itävalta
* Kazakstan
* Kosovo
* Kreikka
* Kroatia
* Kypros
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Liettua
* Luxemburg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Norja
* Pohjois-Makedonia
* Portugali
* Puola
* Ranska
* Romania
* Ruotsi
* Saksa
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Suomi
* Sveitsi
* Tanska
* Tšekki
* Turkki
* Ukraina
* Unkari
* Valko-Venäjä
* Vatikaani
* Venäjä
* Viro

### Anagrams

* itaali, laatii

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* Itália (reintegrationist)

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Italia f
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Related terms

* italiano

## Greenlandic
### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese Itália. Doublet of Italje.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈtaːlia/, /iˈtalia/
* Rhymes: -aːlia, -alia
* Syllabification: I‧ta‧li‧a

### Proper noun

Italia n
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
    Synonym: Italje

### See also

* Belche
* Deitschland
* Eesterreich
* England
* Finnland
* Frankreich
* Griecheland
* Italje ~ Italia
* Luxemborrich
* Nitterlande
* Pole
* Portugal
* Russland
* Schweiz
* Spanje

### References

* ↑ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Italia”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 83, column 2

## Ido
### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

### See also

* Albania
* Andora
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgia
* Bielorusia
* Bosnia e Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Chekia
* Chipro
* Dania
* Estonia
* Finlando
* Francia
* Germania
* Grekia
* Gruzia
* Hispania
* Hungaria
* Irlando
* Islando
* Italia
* Kazakstan
* Kosovo
* Kroatia
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lituania
* Luxemburgia
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monako
* Montenegro
* Nederlando
* Norvegia
* Polonia
* Portugal
* Rumania
* Rusia
* San-Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Suedia
* Suisia
* Turkia
* Ukraina
* Unionita Rejio
* Vatikano

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch Italië.

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
    Synonym: (Standard Malay) Itali

### See also

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belanda
* Belarus
* Belgia
* Bosnia dan Herzegovina
* Britania Raya
* Bulgaria
* Ceko
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finlandia
* Georgia
* Hongaria
* Irlandia
* Islandia
* Italia
* Jerman
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Kroasia
* Latvia
* Listenstaina
* Lituania
* Luksemburg
* Makedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monako
* Montenegro
* Norwegia
* Perancis
* Polandia
* Portugal
* Rumania
* Rusia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Siprus
* Slovenia
* Slowakia
* Spanyol
* Swedia
* Swiss
* Turki
* Ukraina
* Vatikan
* Yunani

### Further reading

* “Italia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈta.lja/

### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Italia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈta.lja/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alja

### Proper noun

Italia f
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Derived terms

* cavaliere d'Italia

#### Related terms

* italianeggiare
* italianese
* italianismo
* italianista
* italianità
* italianizzare
* italianizzazione
* italiano
* italicità
* italico
* italiesco
* italo
* italofilia
* italofilo
* italofobia
* italofobo
* italofonia
* italofono

#### Descendants

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

### See also

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaigian
* Belgio
* Bielorussia
* Bosnia-Erzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Cechia
* Cipro
* Città del Vaticano
* Croazia
* Danimarca
* Estonia
* Finlandia
* Francia
* Georgia
* Germania
* Grecia
* Irlanda
* Islanda
* Italia
* Kazakistan
* Kosovo ~ Kossovo ~ Cossovo
* Lettonia
* Liechtenstein
* Lituania
* Lussemburgo
* Macedonia del Nord
* Malta
* Moldavia
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Norvegia
* Paesi Bassi
* Polonia
* Portogallo
* Regno Unito
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovacchia
* Slovenia
* Spagna
* Svezia
* Svizzera
* Turchia
* Ucraina
* Ungheria

### References

* ↑ Italia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* alitai

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Ytalia (Medieval Latin)

### Etymology

Via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /iˈta.li.a/, [ɪˈt̪älʲiä]
* (Classical, poetic) IPA: /iːˈta.li.a/, [iːˈt̪älʲiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /iˈta.li.a/, [iˈt̪äːliä]
Note: the initial vowel was reportedly phonemically short, but lengthened in dactylic verse on the Greek model due to the requirements of the meter. Compare ī̆talus, Ā̆rabia, Ā̆sia.

### Proper noun

Ī̆talia f sg (genitive Ī̆taliae); first declension
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.361:“Ītaliam nōn sponte sequor.”“Italy is my goal not by choice”
* the Italian people

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Related terms

* ī̆talicus
* ī̆talis
* ī̆talus

#### Descendants

Note: there are no inherited descendants; by early Medieval times the word had likely become historic.
* → Catalan: Itàlia
* → French: Italie
* → Old Irish: Etáil
** Irish: An Iodáil
** Manx: Yn Iddaal
** Scottish Gaelic: An Eadailt
* → 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

### References

* “Italia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Italia in Gaffiot, 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, page 27

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Related terms

* italiener
* italiensk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Related terms

* italienar
* italiensk

## Old English

Picture dictionary :
Italia
Ispania
Īrland
Sċotland
Wēalas
Orcadas
Wiht
Engla land
Francland
Norþweġ
Frīsland
Denemearc
Germanie
Swēoland
Burgenda land
Scedenig
Italia
Sicilie
Finna land
Ungerland
Ilirice
Pulgara land
Ēstland
Wendelsǣ
Mæcedonia
Grēcland
Syria
Sciþþia
Armenia :

### Etymology

From Latin Italia. Doublet of Eotol.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.tɑ.li.ɑ/

### Proper noun

Italia f
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
    Synonym: Eotol
** late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ 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 on Italium 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 to Italy.

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Italia”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Ytalia, Eytalia

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ītalia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), possibly borrowed from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú).

### Noun

Italia f
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Descendants

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

### References

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ī̆talia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú).

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Italia f
* (literary) Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
    Synonym: Włochy
* (historical) Italia (one of the provinces of the Roman Empire)

#### Derived terms

* italski

### Further reading

* Italia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Italia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* Италия (Italia) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Italia f
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Declension
### See also

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaidjan
* Belarus
* Belgia
* Bosnia și Herțegovina
* Bulgaria
* Cehia
* Cipru
* Croația
* Danemarca
* Elveția
* Estonia
* Finlanda
* Franța
* Georgia
* Germania
* Grecia
* Irlanda
* Islanda
* Italia
* Kazahstan
* Kosovo
* Letonia
* Liechtenstein
* Lituania
* Luxemburg
* Macedonia de Nord
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Muntenegru
* Norvegia
* Polonia
* Portugalia
* Regatul Unit
* România
* Rusia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovacia
* Slovenia
* Spania
* Suedia
* Turcia
* Țările de Jos
* Ucraina
* Ungaria
* Vatican

### Further reading

* Italia in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Italian Italia.

### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* Talia, Tàlia

### Etymology

From Latin Italia via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈta.lja/
* Rhymes: -alja
* Hyphenation: I‧tà‧lia

### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin Italia via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈtalja/ [iˈt̪a.lja]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alja
* Syllabification: I‧ta‧lia

### Proper noun

Italia f
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)

#### Related terms

* italianismo
* italianista
* italianizante
* italianizar
* italiano, italiana
* italianófilo, italianófila
* italicense
* itálico, itálica
* ítalo
* italorromance
* italorrománico, italorrománica

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: Italya

### See also

* Albania
* Alemania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaiyán
* Bélgica
* Bielorrusia
* Bosnia-Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Chipre
* Ciudad del Vaticano
* Croacia
* Dinamarca
* Eslovaquia
* Eslovenia
* España
* Estonia
* Finlandia
* Francia
* Georgia
* Grecia
* Hungría
* Irlanda
* Islandia
* Italia
* Kazajistán
* Kosovo
* Letonia
* Liechtenstein
* Lituania
* Luxemburgo
* Macedonia del Norte
* Malta
* Moldavia
* Mónaco
* Montenegro
* Noruega
* Países Bajos
* Polonia
* Portugal
* Reino Unido
* República Checa
* Rumania
* Rusia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Suecia
* Suiza
* Turquía
* Ucrania

### Further reading

* “Italia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Italia
* Italy (a country in Southern Europe)