Italia
Albanian
Aromanian
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Asturian
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Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /italia/, [i.t̪a.li.a]
Declension
indefinite | |
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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 |
Breton
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Central Nahuatl
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”).
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Italia |
Accusative | Italia |
Dative | Italia |
Genitive | Italia |
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈitɑliɑ/, [ˈit̪ɑ̝ˌliɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): I‧ta‧li‧a
Declension
Inflection of Italia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Italia | — | ||
genitive | Italian | — | ||
partitive | Italiaa | — | ||
illative | Italiaan | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Italia | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Italia | — | |
gen. | Italian | |||
genitive | Italian | — | ||
partitive | Italiaa | — | ||
inessive | Italiassa | — | ||
elative | Italiasta | — | ||
illative | Italiaan | — | ||
adessive | Italialla | — | ||
ablative | Italialta | — | ||
allative | Italialle | — | ||
essive | Italiana | — | ||
translative | Italiaksi | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
abessive | Italiatta | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
Compounds
Galician
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Related terms
Greenlandic
Ido
See also
- (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano
Indonesian
Etymology
From Italian Italia, 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪtaˈlia/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: Ita‧li‧a
See also
- (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; 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, 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, Yunani, Vatikan
Further reading
- “Italia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈta.lja/
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(key): /iˈta.lja/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alja
- Hyphenation: I‧tà‧lia
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin

Alternative forms
- Ytalia (medieval)
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) IPA(key): /iːˈta.li.a/, [iːˈt̪älʲiä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈta.li.a/, [iˈt̪äːliä]
- (Classical, poetic) IPA(key): /iːˈta.li.a/, [iːˈt̪älʲiä]
Audio (Classical, poetic) (file)
Proper noun
Ī̆talia f sg (genitive Ī̆taliae); first declension
- Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)
- the Italian people
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Ī̆talia |
Genitive | Ī̆taliae |
Dative | Ī̆taliae |
Accusative | Ī̆taliam |
Ablative | Ī̆taliā |
Vocative | Ī̆talia |
Descendants
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
Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.tɑ.li.ɑ/
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Italia”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Ī̆talia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈta.lja/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alja
- Syllabification: I‧ta‧lia
Proper noun
Italia f
- (literary) Italy (a country in Southern Europe; capital: Rome)
- Synonym: Włochy
- (historical) Italia (one of the provinces of the Roman Empire)
Declension
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [iˈta.li.a]
Audio (file)
Declension
gender f | uncountable |
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Nom/Acc | Italia |
Gen/Dat | Italiei |
Sicilian
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(key): /iˈtalja/ [iˈt̪a.lja]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alja
- Syllabification: I‧ta‧lia
Related terms
- italianismo
- italianista
- italianizante
- italianizar
- italiano/italiana
- italianófilo/italianófila
- italicense
- itálico/itálica
- ítalo
- italorromance
- italorrománico/italorrománica
Descendants
- → Tagalog: Italya
Further reading
- “Italia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014