Italia
Mediterranean peninsula country
Italia is the Italian name for Italy, used in English primarily in formal, poetic, or nostalgic contexts: Bella Italia.
It appears in restaurant names, travel writing, and expressions evoking Italian culture or romance.
In everyday English, Italy is standard.
Shaped wheat dough
- pizzaTopped flatbread dish
- risottoCreamy Italian grain dish
- gelatoItalian frozen dessert
- espressoConcentrated pressurized brew
prosciutto · mozzarella · tiramisu · gnocchi · carbonara · bruschetta · cannoli · panettone
Italy's capital city
- MilanLombardy's capital city
- VeniceLagoon city, northeastern Italy
- FlorenceTuscan capital city
- NaplesMediterranean port city
Sicily · Sardinia · Tuscany · Piedmont · Lombardy · Alps · Apennines · Adriatic
European cultural reawakening
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
- LeonardoItalian masculine name
- RaphaelRenaissance painter from Urbino
- BotticelliQuattrocento painter from Florence
Caravaggio · Bernini · Titian · Tintoretto · fresco · Uffizi · Sistine · Baroque
Italy's capital city
- ColosseumFlavian arena in Rome
- PompeiiVolcano-buried Roman city
- ForumNamed public gathering place
- PantheonRoman temple for all gods
gladiator · Caesar · Augustus · aqueduct · legion · centurion · Senate · Republic
pasta
Shaped wheat dough
espresso · prosciutto · mozzarella · tiramisu · gnocchi · carbonara · bruschetta · cannoli · panettone · ciabatta
Rome
Italy's capital city
Naples · Sicily · Sardinia · Tuscany · Piedmont · Lombardy · Alps · Apennines · Adriatic · Mediterranean
Renaissance
European cultural reawakening
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
- LeonardoItalian masculine name
- RaphaelRenaissance painter from Urbino
Botticelli · Caravaggio · Bernini · Titian · Tintoretto · fresco · Uffizi · Sistine · Baroque · sculpture
Rome
Italy's capital city
Pantheon · gladiator · Caesar · Augustus · aqueduct · legion · centurion · Senate · Republic · consul
amore
Love, in Italian
moonlight · passion · Juliet · Verona · candlelight · picturesque · sunset · charming · villa · terrace
Milan
Lombardy's capital city
Versace · Valentino · Fendi · Bulgari · runway · couture · leather · tailoring · elegance · luxe
- Latin Nounsrosa, terra, deus, aqua, via
- EndonymsDeutschland, Espana, Nippon, Eire, Hellas
- place namesplace names, Peking, Beijing, place name, city names
- airshipsZeppelin, blimp, dirigible, zeppelin, Graf Zeppelin
- table grapesred grapes, green grapes, black grapes, Muscat
- aerostatsaerostat, airships, blimp, balloons, zeppelin
- Italian icesFruit-flavored frozen confections
- Italian townSettlement in boot-shaped country
- Italian dressingHerbed vinaigrette with oregano
- Italian breadLoaf from the peninsula
- Italian sausageFennel-spiced pork links
- Italian caféEuropean coffeehouse, Mediterranean style