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italy

/ˈɪtəli/

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What does italy mean?

proper noun

  1. A country in Southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital and largest city: Rome.
  2. Synonym of Apennine Peninsula.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɪtəli/

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What Machiavelli beheld round him in Italy was a civic disorder in which there was oppression without statecraft, and revolt without patriotism.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
When she started for Italy, he begs her to take advantage of so good an opportunity for seeing such a beautiful country.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
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Here she stationed herself, leaning her arms upon the high stone ledge, presenting her back to Longueville, and gazing at rural Italy.
Henry JamesConfidenceProject Gutenberg ebook #178
It is thought by various writers that the worship of the black virgin and child found its way to Italy from Egypt.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639
Festival days and sports, and the secure and peaceful interchange of friendly visits and hospitalities prevailed all through the whole of Italy.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674