Italiana

plural Italianas

1. rareAn Italian woman.

   Overall, she kind of looked like an Arabian Houri or an Italiana, or of course, a beautiful Brasileira.

   2005, Kevin Apostobranco, “Iliana”, in Iporanga! Up or Anger, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, chapter 12 (Iporanga!), page 203

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   Valli is opposite your^([sic]) old idea of an Italiana—the operatic, combustious cheribiribim of Napoli who asphyxiates you with garlic kisses and sings Tosca while milking the goat in the parlor.

   1948 September, Herb Howe, “[Alida] Valli of Enchantment”, in Adele Whitely Fletcher, editor, Photoplay, volume 33, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Macfadden Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 99, column 1

   walked straight through Cacabelos, my intended stay, and met up with some friends of his… Laura - Irish, two Brasileiras, and two Italianas.

   2004 August 29, James Timberlake, “journal - 8/29/04”, in Upon This Stoney^([sic]) Holy Year, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, published 31 August 2011, →ISBN, page 116