italian region

Noun
  1. Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes (synset 108821234)
    is a type of: province, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
    specific instances:
    • abruzzi, abruzzi e molise - a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic
    • basilicata, lucania - a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot')
    • calabria - a region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot')
    • campania - a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia
    • emilia-romagna - a region of north central Italy on the Adriatic
    • friuli-venezia giulia - a region in northeastern Italy
    • latium, lazio - an ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea
    • liguria - region of northwestern Italy on the Ligurian Sea
    • lombardia, lombardy - a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland
    • marche, marches - a region in central Italy
    • molise - a region of south central Italy
    • piedmont, piemonte - the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
    • apulia, puglia - a region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic
    • sardegna, sardinia - the Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century
    • sicilia, sicily - the Italian region on the island of Sicily
    • toscana, tuscany - a region in central Italy
    • trentino-alto adige - a region of northeastern Italy bordering Austria
    • umbria - a mountainous region in central Italy
    • valle d'aosta - a region in northwestern Italy
    • venetia, veneto, venezia-euganea - a region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic

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