italy

It-a-ly · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A country in southern Europe, known for its boot-shaped peninsula extending into the Mediterranean Sea. Capital: Rome.

  2. 2.

    (historical) The Italian peninsula and surrounding regions, even before political unification in 1861.

Related words

See also: Italian, Rome, mediterranean

Etymology

From Latin Italia, possibly from Oscan Viteliu ("land of young cattle"), from vitulus ("calf").