| italia | | |
| n. (location) | 1. italia, italian republic, italy | 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. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ brigate rosse, red brigades, br | 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. |
| ~ common market, ec, eec, european community, european economic community, european union, eu, europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" |
| ~ nato, north atlantic treaty organization | an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security. |
| ~ commune | the smallest administrative district of several European countries. |
| ~ european country, european nation | any one of the countries occupying the European continent. |
| ~ 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'). |
| ~ 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'). |
| ~ 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.; "in the 13th century Ferrara was a center of Renaissance learning and the arts" |
| ~ 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, rome, roma | 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). |
| ~ piemonte, piedmont | 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.; "the Riviera contains some of Europe's most popular resorts" |
| ~ 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.; "Verona is on the Adige" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ 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 river, po | a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea. |
| ~ tyrolean alps | a popular tourist area in the Tyrol. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ al dente | of pasta cooked so as to be firm when eaten. |
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