bel paese
Italian

il bel paese ― Italy
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally, “beautiful country”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛl paˈe.ze/
- Hyphenation: bèl‧pa‧é‧se
Proper noun
- (chiefly literary, sometimes capitalized) Italy
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XXXIII”, in Inferno, lines 79–80:
- Ahi Pisa, vituperio de le genti ¶ del bel paese là dove ’l sì suona […].
- Ah! Pisa, thou opprobium of the people of the fair land there where the sì doth sound.
- 14th century, Petrarch, “Sonetto CXLVI — O d’ardente vertute ornata et calda”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 13–14:
- […] il bel paese ¶ ch’Appennin parte, e ’l mar circonda e l’Alpe
- […] that fair country the Apennines divide, and Alps and sea surround.
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Derived terms
Further reading
Bel paese (phrase) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bel-paese in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- “bel paese” in lingua italiana, treccani.it
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