Italian community
Pasta-loving neighborhood enclave
A group of people of Italian descent living in a particular area, or the collective of Italian-Americans (or Italian immigrants) as a social unit.
The term usually implies shared cultural ties—language, food, traditions, Catholic parishes, neighborhood businesses: The Italian community in South Philadelphia dates back generations.
It can refer to a specific neighborhood (Little Italy) or to Italians collectively within a city or country.
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- pastaShaped wheat dough
- red sauceTomato-based pasta topping
- Sunday gravyTomato sauce with meats
- espressoConcentrated pressurized brew
piazza · front porch · nonna · famiglia · extended family · immigrant · enclave · trattoria · bocce · hand gestures · feast · street fair · saints · church · gelato · cobblestone · dialect · heritage
Italian communityChinatown
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Chinese community · Japanese community · Korean community · Irish community · Polish community
Italian, community, Italy, Italianate, italicize, italics, communal, commune, common