Italians

Pasta's native people

Italians are people from Italy or of Italian descent.

The term covers both citizens of the modern nation and members of the broader Italian diaspora, especially in the Americas and Australia.

The Italians I met in Rome were incredibly hospitable.

Italian can also function as an adjective: Italian cuisine, Italian cinema.

art

Renaissance

European cultural reawakening

Botticelli · Caravaggio · Bernini · Titian · Giotto · Artemisia · fresco · chiaroscuro · Baroque · Futurism

cuisine

pasta

Shaped wheat dough

prosciutto · mozzarella · tiramisu · gnocchi · carbonara · bruschetta · cannoli · focaccia · arancini · ciabatta

landmarks

Colosseum

Flavian arena in Rome

Florence · Rome · Milan · Tuscany · Pompeii · Amalfi · Vesuvius · gondolas · canals · piazza

heritage

ancestry

Family line of descent

roots · genealogy · diaspora · emigrants · compatriots · bloodline · forebears · immigration · Ellis Island · famiglia

romance

amore

Love, in Italian

courtship · charm · lovers · ardor · infatuation · Romeo · Juliet · gondola · serenade · bella

cinema

Fellini

Italian auteur of surrealism

Sophia Loren

Categories
Opposites
national/ethnic identity

ItaliansScandinavians

People from northern Europe

Icelanders · Norwegians · Swedes · foreigners · Germans

cultural stereotypes - temperament

ItaliansScandinavians

People from northern Europe

Norwegians · Swedes · Germans · British · Japanese

Phrases
Family

Italian, Italia, Italianate, Italianize, Italianized

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G