"italia" | Definition and Related Words

italia

Noun

A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula;
Was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD (synset 108819530)
domain member region:
- cannae - ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC
- battle of caporetto, caporetto - battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces
- battle of lake trasimenus, lake trasimenus - a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius
- battle of magenta, magenta - a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
- marengo - a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians
- metaurus river - a battle during the second Punic War (207 BC); Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy
- battle of ravenna, ravenna - a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512
- salerno - a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943
- battle of solferino, solferino - an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
- battle of trasimeno, trasimeno - a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC
- spaghetti western - a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company
- aloha, ciao - an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)
- italian - the Romance language spoken in Italy
- grissino - a long slender crusty breadstick
- polenta - a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water
- calamari, calamary, squid - (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
- br, brigate rosse, red brigades - a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989
- nipr, revolutionary proletarian initiative nuclei, revolutionary proletarian nucleus - a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002
- commune - the smallest administrative district of several European countries
- 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')
- al dente - of pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten
is an instance of: european country, european nation - any one of the countries occupying the European continent
member holonym:
- italian - a native or inhabitant of Italy
- sabine - a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC
belongs to:
- common market, ec, eec, eu, europe, european community, european economic community, european union - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
- nato, north atlantic treaty organization - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security
has:
- appian way - an ancient Roman road in Italy extending south from Rome to Brindisi; begun in 312 BC
- flaminian way - an ancient Roman road in Italy built by Gaius Flaminius in 220 BC; extends north from Rome to cisalpine Gaul
- italian peninsula - a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea
- pompeii - ancient city to the southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius
- herculaneum - ancient city; now destroyed
- 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')
- bolzano - an Italian city in Trentino-Alto Adige near the Austrian border; noted as a resort and for its Alpine scenery
- brescia - an ancient Italian city in central Lombardy
- 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
- ferrara - a city in northern Italy
- 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
- capital of italy, eternal city, italian capital, roma, rome - capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
- anzio - a town of central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea; the Allies established a beachhead at Anzio in World War II
- brindisi - a port city in southeastern Apulia in Italy; a center for the Crusades in the Middle Ages
- tibur, tivoli - a town twenty miles to the east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name); a summer resort during the Roman empire; noted for its waterfalls
- 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
- papal states - the temporal dominions belonging to the pope (especially in 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
- etruria - an ancient country in central Italy; assimilated by the Romans by about 200 BC
- tirol, tyrol - a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy
- riviera - a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
- savoy - a geographical region of historical importance; a former duchy in what is now southwestern France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy
- mount vesuvius, mt. vesuvius, vesuvius - a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944
- adige, river adige - a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea
- alps, the alps - a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction
- apennines - a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula
- arno, arno river, river arno - a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea
- bay of naples - an arm of the Tyrrhenian Sea at Naples
- brenner pass - an Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions
- dolomite alps - an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone
- matterhorn - a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy (14,780 feet high); noted for its distinctive shape
- mont blanc, monte bianco - the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high)
- po, po river - a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea
- tyrolean alps - a popular tourist area in the Tyrol
is a part of: europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

same as: italian republic, italy

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