Italian American
Dual-continent ancestry
An Italian American is a person of Italian ancestry living in the United States, or something relating to this group: Italian American cuisine, the Italian American community in Boston.
The term encompasses both immigrants from Italy and their descendants.
Italian Americans constitute one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States, with particular concentration in the Northeast.
Also spelled Italian-American.
Shaped wheat dough
- pizzaTopped flatbread dish
- marinaraSeasoned tomato sauce
- meatballsSeasoned ground protein spheres
- spaghettiLong thin cylindrical pasta
lasagna · chicken parm · eggplant parm · Sunday gravy · ziti · manicotti · cannoli · biscotti
Historic immigrant processing center
- steerageShip's cheapest quarters
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
citizenship · assimilation · diaspora · settlement · tenement · chain migration · quota · manifest
Italian cultural celebration
- Columbus DayHoliday honoring 1492 arrival
- Dean MartinMid-century crooner and actor
- The GodfatherIconic mob trilogy
- RockyBoxing film protagonist
Frank Sinatra · Tony Bennett · Martin Scorsese · Francis Ford Coppola · doo-wop · Knights of Columbus · Sunday dinner · nonna
Linked by a dash
- ethnic prideValuing one's heritage group
- tricolorThree-hued emblem
- heritage monthTime celebrating shared background
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
stereotypes · assimilation · second generation · melting pot · ethnic enclave · working class · blue collar · upward mobility
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- family treeChart of ancestors
traditions · heirlooms · dual citizenship · surname · maiden name · paternal · maternal · dialect
pasta
Shaped wheat dough
spaghetti · lasagna · chicken parm · eggplant parm · Sunday gravy · ziti · manicotti · cannoli · biscotti · sausage and peppers
Ellis Island
Historic immigrant processing center
- steerageShip's cheapest quarters
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
naturalization · citizenship · assimilation · diaspora · settlement · tenement · chain migration · quota · manifest · ship manifest
festa
Italian cultural celebration
- Columbus DayHoliday honoring 1492 arrival
- Dean MartinMid-century crooner and actor
- The GodfatherIconic mob trilogy
Frank Sinatra · Tony Bennett · Martin Scorsese · Francis Ford Coppola · Rocky · doo-wop · Knights of Columbus · Sunday dinner · nonna · paisano
hyphenated
Linked by a dash
- ethnic prideValuing one's heritage group
- tricolorThree-hued emblem
- heritage monthTime celebrating shared background
discrimination · stereotypes · assimilation · second generation · melting pot · ethnic enclave · working class · blue collar · upward mobility · whiteness
ancestry
Family line of descent
family tree · traditions · heirlooms · dual citizenship · surname · maiden name · paternal · maternal · dialect · Sicilian
- American EthnicityPuerto Rican, Hispanic, Latino, Chicano, Chicana
- European American heritageEuropean descent, ethnic heritage, ancestry
- ScorseseGoodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Departed, Casino
- diasporaAfrican diaspora, exiles, Irish diaspora, emigrants, Jewish diaspora
Italian AmericanAfrican American
U.S. Black ethnic identity
Asian American · Native American · Mexican American · Chinese American · Japanese American
Italian AmericanAnglo-American
British and American combined
Italian, American, Italy, America, Italians, Americans, Italianate, Americanism, Americanize