Meanings
- A country in Southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital and largest city: Rome.
Italy and her invaders
19th century, Thomas Hodgkin, Italy and her invaders, title2 more examples
Rome is the heart of Italy [...]. She was, is, and must ever be, her capital.
1868, E. S. G. S., Italy and her capital, page 170Serie A club Inter Milan – whom Eriksen had been contracted to at the time of the incident – let the midfielder move abroad as he was unable to play in Italy unless the ICD device was removed.
2023 January 3, Ben Church, “How Christian Eriksen returned to football after suffering cardiac arrest on pitch”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025Synonyms: Italia
- Synonym of Apennine Peninsula.
Synonyms: Apennine Peninsula
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA country in Southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital and largest city: Rome.
proper nounSynonym of Apennine Peninsula.
Origin
- Oscan𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú)bor.?
- Ancient GreekῙ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā)
- LatinItalia
- Old EnglishItalia
- EnglishItaly
Inherited from Old English Italia. 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. Doublet of Italia.
More words from Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Italië
- Italiëcountry in southern Europe
Ancient Greek Ἰταλία
- Ἰταλία (Italía)country in southern Europe
Arabic إِيطَالِيَا
- إِيطَالِيَا (ʔīṭāliyā)country in southern Europe
Basque Italia
- Italiacountry in southern Europe
Bengali ইতালি
- ইতালি (itali)country in southern Europe
Bulgarian Ита́лия
- Ита́лия (Itálija)country in southern Europe
Catalan Itàlia
- Itàliacountry in southern Europe
Chinese Cantonese 意大利
- 意大利 (ji³ daai⁶ lei⁶)country in southern Europe
Chinese Mandarin 意大利, 義大利 /义大利
- 意大利 (Yìdàlì)country in southern Europe
- 義大利 /义大利 (Yìdàlì)country in southern Europe
- 意大利亞 /意大利亚 (Yìdàlìyà)country in southern Europe
Czech Itálie
- Itáliecountry in southern Europe
Danish Italien
- Italiencountry in southern Europe
Dutch Italië
- Italiëcountry in southern Europe
Esperanto Italio, Italujo
- Italiocountry in southern Europe
- Italujocountry in southern Europe
Estonian Itaalia
- Itaaliacountry in southern Europe
Finnish Italia
- Italiacountry in southern Europe
French Italie
- Italiecountry in southern Europe
German Italien
- Italiencountry in southern Europe
Greek Ιταλία
- Ιταλία (Italía)country in southern Europe
Hawaiian ʻĪkālia
- ʻĪkāliacountry in southern Europe
Hebrew אִיטַלְיָה
- אִיטַלְיָה (itáliya)country in southern Europe
Hindi इटली, इटली
- इटली (iṭlī)country in southern Europe
- इटली (iṭalī)country in southern Europe
- इतालिया (itāliyā)country in southern Europe
Hungarian Olaszország
- Olaszországcountry in southern Europe
Icelandic Ítalía
- Ítalíacountry in southern Europe
Indonesian Itali, Italia
- Italicountry in southern Europe
- Italiacountry in southern Europe
Irish An Iodáil
- An Iodáilcountry in southern Europe
Italian Italia, Stivale
- Italiacountry in southern Europe
- Stivalecountry in southern Europe
- bel paesecountry in southern Europe
Japanese イタリア, 伊太利亜
- イタリア (Itaria)country in southern Europe
- 伊太利亜 (Itaria)country in southern Europe
- イタリー (Itarī)country in southern Europe
- 伊太利 (Itarī)country in southern Europe
Korean 이탈리아, 이태리
- 이탈리아 (Itallia)country in southern Europe
- 이태리 (Itaeri)country in southern Europe
- 이딸리아 (Ittallia)country in southern Europe
Latin Ītalia, Latina
- Ītaliacountry in southern Europe
- Latinacountry in southern Europe
Latvian Itālija
- Itālijacountry in southern Europe
Lithuanian Italija
- Italijacountry in southern Europe
Malay Itali, Italia
- Italicountry in southern Europe
- Italiacountry in southern Europe
Māori Itāria, itari
- Itāriacountry in southern Europe
- itaricountry in southern Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Italia
- Italiacountry in southern Europe
Polish Włochy, Italia
- Włochycountry in southern Europe
- Italiacountry in southern Europe
Portuguese Itália
- Itáliacountry in southern Europe
Punjabi ਇਟਲੀ
- ਇਟਲੀ (iṭalī)country in southern Europe
Romanian Italia
- Italiacountry in southern Europe
Russian Ита́лия
- Ита́лия (Itálija)country in southern Europe
Scottish Gaelic An Eadailt
- An Eadailtcountry in southern Europe
Slovak Taliansko
- Talianskocountry in southern Europe
Spanish Italia
- Italiacountry in southern Europe
Swahili Italia, Uitali
- Italiacountry in southern Europe
- Uitalicountry in southern Europe
Swedish Italien
- Italiencountry in southern Europe
Tagalog Italya
- Italyacountry in southern Europe
Tamil இத்தாலி
- இத்தாலி (ittāli)country in southern Europe
Thai อิตาลี
- อิตาลี (ì-dtaa-lîi)country in southern Europe
Turkish İtalya
- İtalyacountry in southern Europe
Ukrainian Іта́лія
- Іта́лія (Itálija)country in southern Europe
Urdu اِطالِیَہ, اِٹَلی
- اِطالِیَہ (itāliya)country in southern Europe
- اِٹَلی (iṭalī)country in southern Europe
Vietnamese Ý, Ý Đại Lợi
- Ýcountry in southern Europe
- Ý Đại Lợicountry in southern Europe
- nước Ýcountry in southern Europe
- I-ta-li-acountry in southern Europe
Welsh yr Eidal
- yr Eidalcountry in southern Europe
Yiddish איטאַליע
- איטאַליע (italye)country in southern Europe
Zulu ITaliya
- ITaliyacountry in southern Europe
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Italy
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
Italy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Italy
“Italy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Italy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Italy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Italy.
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