Eritrea

/ˌɛɹ.ɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/

/ˌɛɹ.ɪˈtɹiː.ə/

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.

(historical, from 1890) A former colony of Italy.


NU

Abbreviation of Nuoro: a city in Sardinia, Italy.


Genoa

/ˈdʒɛn.əʊ.ə/

/d͡ʒɛnˈoʊ.ə/

From Latin Genua (influenced by Italian Genova), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu; in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.

The capital city of Liguria, Italy, and also of the province of Genoa.


Naples

From French Naples, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”) after the relocation of the original Greek settlement in the area. Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Napoli, Neapoli, and Neapolis. Compare Newton.

doublet

The capital city in the region of Campania in Italy; capital of the surrounding province.

A metropolitan city and former province of Italy around the city.


Tuscany

Late 14c., from Middle English Tuscan, Tuscane, from Old French Toscane or Italian Toscana, from Late Latin Tuscānus (“belonging to the Tusci”), a people of ancient Italy, from Tuscus, earlier *Truscus, shortened form of Etruscus (“Etruscan”).

der

administrative region
administrative region

An administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna.


Lombardy

From Latin Langobardia, named after Langobards, a Germanic tribe that invaded the region along with much of northern Apennine Peninsula in 6th century.

An administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley.


Florence

Florence (disambiguation)
Florence Nightingale

Borrowed from French Florence, from Latin Flōrentia (as a given name, a feminine form of Flōrentius), from flōrens (“flowering, flourishing”), from flōs (“flower”), connected with English bloom and blossom. Doublet of Firenze.
The female given name gained popularity from Florence Nightingale who was born in the Tuscan city.

The capital city of Tuscany, Italy, and capital city of the Metropolitan City of Florence.


Liguria

/lɪˈɡjʊəɹiə/

From Occitan Ligúria, from Latin Liguria, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).

An administrative region of northwest Italy.


Milan

Inherited from Middle English Milane, Melan, etc., from Old English Mæġelan, Megelan, Mediolanaburg, etc. under influence from early forms of French Milan, from Medieval Latin Mediolāna etc., from Latin Mediolānum, q.v. As American settlements, typically after the Italian city. Doublet of Milano.

A city in northern Italy; the capital of Lombardy.

A metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy, the province surrounding the city.


Nicosia

/ˌnɪkəˈsiːə/

From Medieval Latin and Old French Nicosia, from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), variant of Λευκουσία (Leukousía), equivalent to λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) + οὐσία (ousía, “property, estate”), but deriving from various Ancient Greek forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc. Doublet of Lefkosia.

A comune in Enna province, Sicily, Italy.


Padua

From Medieval Latin Padua, from Venetan Padoa, from Latin Patavium.


Palermo

/pəˈlɜː(ɹ)məʊ/

/pəˈlɛə(ɹ)məʊ/

From Italian Palermo, from Sicilian Palermu, from Arabic بَلَرْم (Balarm), from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”) for its natural harbor.

A city in Italy, capital city of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, capital city of Sicily.

A metropolitan city in Sicily established in 2015.

(historical) A former province of Sicily, Italy.


Piedmont

Derived from Italian Piemonte (“mountain foot”), from Medieval Latin Pedemontium, Pedemontis, from Latin ad pedem montium.

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An administrative region in the north of Italy.


Rome

→ Hindi: रोम (rom)

→ Thai: โรม (room)

From Middle English Rome, from Old English Rōm, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō and influenced by Late Latin Rōma (“Rome, Constantinople”), from Classical Latin Rōma (“Rome”). In Roman mythology, the name was said to derive from Romulus, one of the founders of the city and its first king.
The name appears in a wide range of forms in Middle English, including Rom, Room, Roome, and Rombe as well as Rome; by early modern English, it appeared as Rome, Room, and Roome, with the spelling Rome occurring in Shakespeare and common from the early 18th century on. The final spelling was influenced by Norman, Middle French, Anglo-Norman, and Old French Rome. Doublet of Roma and Rum.

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Rom (alternative archaic)
Roome (alternative archaic)
Room (alternative archaic)
Rhoome (alternative archaic)
Romme (alternative archaic)
Rowme (alternative archaic)
Roym (alternative archaic)
Rum (alternative archaic)
Roma (alternative uncommon)

do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope

When could they say (till now) that talk'd of Rome,
That her wide Walles incompast but one man?
Now is it Rome indeed, and Roome enough
When there is in it but one onely man.

1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 157:

Within the last thirty weeks I have heard the word Rome pronounced Room by several old-fashioned people in the north of Ireland, some of my own relations among the number. On remonstrating with one of these, she said, "It was always Room when I was at school (say about 1830), and I am too old to change it now."

1866 December 8, 'Filius Ecclesiæ', Notes & Queries, "Rome:Room", 456 1

A major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire.


Sardinia

Nora, Italy
Sea People
Sherden
en:Sardinia

Borrowing from Latin Sardinia and Ancient Greek Σαρδώ (Sardṓ), which in turn derive from a pre-Roman substrate language, *sard, *shard. It is connected by some scholars to the name of the Sherden or Shardana, an ethnic group amongst the Sea Peoples. A Phoenician inscription found in Nora and dated to the 9th century B.C.E. identifies the island as Shardan.

An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.


Savoy

From French Savoy, Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia. See sappinus (“type of fir”).

(historical) A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland.

(historical) A former duchy existing from 1416 to 1847, whose maximal extent included parts of modern southeastern France, northwestern Italy, and southwestern Switzerland; in full, Duchy of Savoy.


Sicily

From Middle English Sicilie, Sicilye, from Old English Sicilia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”). Doublet of Sicilia.

The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily.


Syracuse

en-proper noun

Syracuse (countable and uncountable, plural Syracuses)

→ Italian: Syracuse

→ Japanese: シラキュース (Shirakyūsu)

desc

→ Mandarin: 錫拉丘茲 /锡拉丘兹 (Xīlāqiūzī, Xílāqiūzī)

→ Portuguese: Syracuse

From French Syracuse, from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai) attested from 8th century BC, from a Pre-Greek name, possibly Phoenician 𐤔𐤄𐤓𐤀𐤇 (šhrʾḥ, “to feel ill”) in reference to the ancient port's proximity to a swamp. As a surname, an anglicized form of Italian Siracusa. Doublet of Siragusa. Compare Sicilian Saragusa.

A former province of Sicily, Italy; abolished in 2015 and replaced by an equivalent administrative entity.

A city and port in Sicily, Italy; the capital city of the province of Syracuse.

Sirakuse

city and port in the province of Syracuse, Sicily


Turin

en-proper noun

Turin (countable and uncountable, plural Turins)

From Piedmontese Turin, from the Roman name, Latin Augusta Taurinōrum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini tribe. Connections to Latin taurus (“bull”) are folk etymology. Doublet of Torino, the Italian name.


Venice

Venice (countable and uncountable, plural Venices)

→ Japanese: ベニス (Benisu), ヴェニス (Venisu)

→ Korean: 베니스 (Beniseu)

→ Mandarin: 威尼斯 (Wēinísī)

→ Cantonese: 威尼斯 (wai1 nei4 si1)

→ Welsh: Fenis

→ Malay: Venis

Adriatic Veneti
Trojan War
Venice
Venice (disambiguation)

From Middle English Venyse, from Old French Venise or Old Italian, from Medieval Latin Venetia, from Latin Venetī + -ia (suffix forming place names), a local tribe in antiquity whose own little-attested language is now known as Venetic. Initial scholarly agreement that they were Illyrian was based on arguments since refuted. They worshipped Belenus and were possibly Celtic or heavily influenced by Celtic culture, despite repeatedly supporting the Romans against the Gauls. Compare the identical ethnonym Venetī used for Celts of Armorica (ancient Britanny) from Gaulish Uenetoi (“friendly ones, kinsmen”), from Proto-Celtic *wenet, a modified form of *wenyā (“kindred”). Widely but mistakenly derived by the ancient Greeks and Romans from the Eneti of Pamphylia, supposed to have fled to the Adriatic and become the Veneti after supporting the losing side of the Trojan War. As American places, named after the Italian city. Doublet of Venetia and Venezia.

An. The Duke cannot deny the courſe of law: / for the commoditie that ſtrangers haue / With vs in Venice, if it be denied, / Will much impeach the iuſtice of the State, / Since that the trade and profit of the citty / Conſiſteth of all Nations.

c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 176:

As I indicated at the outset, for us Shakespeare's Venetian plays lie between the early modern republic described in Chapter 2, and all the subsequent Venices of our experience, education and imagination, […]

2010, Graham Holderness, Shakespeare and Venice, →ISBN, page 141:

The port city in Veneto, on the Adriatic, in northeastern Italy, former capital of an independent republic.

A province of Veneto, Italy, around the city.


Verona

From the Italian Verona and the Latin Vērōna.

Two households, both alike in dignity, // In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, // From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, // Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act PROLOGUE, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:

...it was nearly the middle of August before he went out to meet Harriet in the Tirol. He found his sister in a dense cloud five thousand feet above the sea, chilled to the bone, overfed, bored, and not at all unwilling to be fetched away. … They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink wine and to be beautiful. And the train which had picked them at sunrise out of a waste of glaciers and hotels was waltzing at sunset round the walls of Verona.

1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 6

A city, the capital of the province of Verona, straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy.

فيرونا

city straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy

A province of Veneto, in northern Italy.

Verona

province in the Veneto region of northern Italy


Abruzzo

An administrative region in central Italy.


Valle d'Aosta

From Italian Valle d'Aosta (literally “Aosta Valley”).

bor

Synonym of Aosta Valley: An autonomous region of northwestern Italy, with a significant fraction of the population speaking Franco-Provençal.

ヴァッレ・ダオスタ州

ヴァッレ・ダオスタしゅう

A former province of the Aosta Valley autonomous region, consisting of the whole region; abolished in 1945.


Apulia

A peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy.


Basilicata

An administrative region of southern Italy.


Calabria

/kəˈlæbɹiːə/

A peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy.


Campania

From Italian Campania, borrowed from Latin Campānia. Doublet of Champagne.


Emilia-Romagna

/ɪˈmiːljə ɹəʊˈmɑːnjə/

Borrowed from Italian Emilia-Romagna, from the former regions Emilia and Romagna.

An administrative region of northern Italy. Capital: Bologna.


Friuli-Venezia Giulia

แคว้นปกครองตนเองฟรียูลี-เวเน็ตเซียจูเลีย


Latium

Borrowed from Latin Latium. Doublet of Lazio.

(historical) A historical region of central Italy, in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire.

(archaic or rare) Lazio: A modern administrative region of central Italy.


Umbria

Via Italian, from Umbri, ancient Italic tribe inhabiting the region.


Veneto

An administrative region of northern Italy, roughly corresponding to the ancient Venetia


Alessandria

A city and associated province of Piedmont, Italy.


Cuneo

en-proper noun

Cuneo (countable and uncountable, plural Cuneos)

Borrowed from Italian Cuneo, from Latin cuneus (“wedge”), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Doublet of coin.

A province of Piedmont, northwestern Italy.

A city, the capital of the province of Cuneo, Piedmont.


Novara

A province of the Piedmont region, Italy.

A city and comune, the capital of the province of Novara, Piedmont region, Italy.


Ancona

From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”).

A port city and comune, the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region of Marche, Italy.


Aosta

From Italian Aosta, ultimately from the Latin name Augusta Praetōria Salassōrum.

The capital city of Aosta Valley, Italy.

The sole province of Valle d'Aosta, Italy.


Ascoli Piceno

A town and associated province of Marche, Italy.


Avellino

Borrowed from Italian Avellino, from Latin Abellinum, from Abella + -inum (equivalent to Avella + -ino). From Proto-Italic *abelnā (“apple-bearing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (“apple, apple-tree”).

A province of Campania, Italy, around the city.


Benevento

From Italian Benevento, from Latin Beneventum, from bene (“good, well”) + ventum (“air”), probably an avoidance term for an earlier Maleventum ("Bad Air").


Bergamo

Bergamo (countable and uncountable, plural Bergamos)

/ˈbɜːɡəˌməʊ/

(uncountable) A placename:
A province of Lombardy, Italy.

A city, the provincial capital of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.


Biella

A city, the provincial capital of Biella, Piedmont, Italy.


Bologna

Bologna (countable and uncountable, plural Bolognas)

From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic. Doublet of Boleyn and Boulogne.

The capital city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna.


Bolzano

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

The provincial capital of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Brescia

Brescia (countable and uncountable, plural Brescias)

Borrowed from Italian Brescia, Lombard Brèsa.

The capital city of Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy.


Brindisi

Brindisi (countable and uncountable, plural Brindisis)

From Italian Brindisi, from Latin Brundisium, from Ancient Greek Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion), said to be from Messapic.

A province of Apulia, Italy. Capital: Brindisi.


Cagliari

/ˌkæliˈɑːɹi/

From Italian Cagliari, from Latin Calaris, a form of Caralis.

A port city and municipality, the capital of the province of Cagliari and of Sardinia as a whole.


Caltanissetta

From Italian Caltanissetta, from its ancient Arabic toponym قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fort of the Women”).


Caserta

The capital of Caserta province in Campania, Italy.


Catania

Catania (countable and uncountable, plural Catanias)

The capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.


Catanzaro

The capital city and province of Calabria, Italy.


Chieti

The capital city of the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy.


Como

A city, the capital of Como province, Lombardy.


Cosenza

Cosenza (countable and uncountable, plural Cosenzas)


Crotone

Borrowed from Italian Crotone. Doublet of Croton.

A city and comune, the capital of the province of Crotone, Calabria, Italy.


Enna

[…] she that was rapt by the Dark God from the flowering fields of Enna, to be Queen for ever among the dead that be departed.

1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 4:


Forli

The capital city of the province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.


Frosinone

A city, the provincial capital of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy.


Gorizia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

A province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, formally known as a regional decentralization entity.

A town and comune, the capital of Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.


Grosseto

A city, the capital of Grosseto province, Tuscany.


Imperia

A town and associated province on the coast of Liguria, Italy.


L'Aquila

The capital city and province of Abruzzo, Italy.


La Spezia

Borrowed from Italian La Spezia, from Latin Spedia.

A city, the capital of La Spezia, Italy; a major industrial port in northwestern Italy.


Latina

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A town, the provincial capital of Latina, Lazio, Italy.


Lecco

A province of the Lombardy region, Italy.

A city and comune, the capital of the province of Lecco, Lombardy region, Italy.


Livorno

Borrowed from Italian Livorno, from Old Italian Legorno, from Latin Liburnus, from Liburnī, name of the ancient population of Liburnians. Doublet of Leghorn.

A city, the capital of Livorno, Italy; a port on the Ligurian Sea.


Lodi

A town, the capital of Lodi province, Lombardy.

洛迪

a town and capital of the province of Lodi


Lucca

The capital city of the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.

Hugh of Lucca - Father of Theodoric of Lucca


Massa Carrara

A province of Tuscany, Italy, containing the two towns Massa and Carrara.


Matera

A city, the capital of Matera province, Basilicata.


Messina

From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene.

A former province of Sicily, Italy, replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina.

A city, formerly the provincial capital of Messina province, Sicily.


Modena

From Italian Modena, from Latin Mutina, from Etruscan 𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌍𐌀 (mutna).

The capital city of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.


Nuoro

Borrowed from Italian Nuoro, related to Nuragic.


Oristano

The capital city of the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy.


Pavia

The capital city of the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy.


Perugia

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Perugia, from Latin Perusia.

ubor

The capital city and associated province of Umbria, Italy.


Pescara

The capital city of the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy.


Piacenza

From Italian Piacenza, from Latin Placentia. Doublet of pleasance.

A city, the capital of the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna.


Pistoia

A comune, the capital city of the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.


Pordenone

A province of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy.

The capital city of the province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy.


Potenza

From Italian Potenza. Doublet of potency.

A city, the provincial capital, a in Potenza, and regional capital of Basilicata, Italy.


Prato

The capital city of the province of Prato, Tuscany, Italy.


Ragusa

en-proper noun

Ragusa (countable and uncountable, plural Ragusas)

Borrowed from Italian Ragusa, from Latin Ragusia. Probably from Proto-Albanian *rāguša (“grape”) (modern Albanian rrush)


Rieti

The capital city of the province of Rieti, Lazio, Italy.


Rimini

From Italian Rimini, from Latin Arīminium.

A resort city, the capital of the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.


Rovigo

A commune and town, the capital of the province of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy.


Salerno

From Italian Salerno, from Latin Salernum.

A city, the provincial capital of Salerno, Campania, Italy.


Sassari

A city and commune, the capital city of the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.


Savona

Savona (countable and uncountable, plural Savonas)

The capital city of the province of Savona, Liguria, Italy.


Taranto

/ˈtɑːɹəntoʊ/

/tɑˈɹɑːntoʊ/

From Italian Taranto, from Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”), which also yields Albanian dru (“wood, tree”). Doublet of Taras and Tarentum.

A port city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy.

A province of Apulia, Italy, around the city.


Teramo

The capital city of the province of Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy.


Terni

The capital city of the province of Terni, Umbria, Italy.


Trapani

The capital city of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.


Trento

Borrowed from Italian Trento. Doublet of trident.

A city, the capital of the province of Trentino and the region of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

(rare) Trentino (a province of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy).


Treviso

A town, the capital of Treviso province, Italy.


Trieste

A province of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy.

A city in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy, the capital of the province.


Udine

A city and comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, Italy.


Varese

The capital city of the province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy.


Vicenza

A city and associated province of Veneto, Italy.


Viterbo

A town, the provincial capital of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy.


Ostia

* (Roman Empire): Latin Ostia
* (Italy): Italian Ostia, from Latin Ostia

A modern refounding of the ancient town at the mouth of the Tiber, now a neighbourhood of Rome, Italy.


Lipari Islands

An archipelago of Italy, off the north coast of Sicily.


Alexandria

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From Middle English Alexandria, from Old English Alexandria, from Latin Alexandrīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), initially chiefly places founded by Alexander the Great of Macedonia and subsequently usually with reference to Alexandria in Egypt, a major Hellenistic cultural center, center of early Christianity, and continuing major international port. Compare Antioch, Seleucia, and Ptolemais. Doublet of Kandahar, Iskenderun, Scandaroon, and Alexandretta.

Алекса́ндрия

any of a number of cities bearing the same name

Alternative form of Alessandria: a city in Piedmont, Italy.


Tarentum

From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Doublet of Taras and Taranto.

(historical) Former name of Taranto: a city in Italy.


Napoli

en-prop

Napoli (countable and uncountable, plural Napolis)

Borrowed from Italian Napoli, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”). Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, Neapoli, and Neapolis.

doublet

When you walk in a dream
but you know you're not dreaming,
Signore,
scuzza me
but you see,
back in old Napoli,
that's amore!

(rare) Synonym of Naples: a city and province in Campania, in southwestern Italy.


Ticino

A left tributary of the Po in Switzerland and Italy.


Maritime Alps

The city of Coni, from the nature of its ſituation, at the extremity of one of those three grand valleys, which I have heretofore claſſed as primitive, may be said to form a central point of union at the foot of the Cottian and Maritime Alps, to a number of ſecondary valleys which deſcend from theſe tremendous heights.

1795, Jean-François Albanis Beaumont, Travels Through the Maritime Alps from Italy to Lyons Across the Col de Tende, by the Way of Nice, Provence, Languedoc, Etc., London: T. Bensley, page 27:

A part of the Alps between France and Italy.


Lazio

Borrowed from Italian Lazio. Doublet of Latium.

An administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital. It corresponds to ancient Latium.


Milano

Folko was not displeased to find that the ladies felt anxious to see beautiful Milano, and to leave Genoa on the morrow, as the autumnal gales were beginning to blow bleakly from the sea.

1876, [Friedrich] de la Motte Fouqué, anonymous translator, chapter X, in The Magic Ring: A Knightly Romance, London; New York, N.Y.: George Routledge and Sons, →OCLC, book III, page 254:

The need to be competent is made extreme in a town like Milano, Italy, which can be compared, in management terms, to a huge company.

2014, Cristina Archetti, “The nature of the issues with which politicians deal”, in Politicians, Personal Image and the Construction of Political Identity: A Comparative Study of the UK and Italy, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, chapter 4 (Findings):

After admiring Milano’s skyline, he was hungry and tired from his flights. He wheeled his suitcase across the piazza, focusing on his reason for being in Milano: to track Chiara, who he thought would lead him to her father.

2020, Jack Erickson, chapter 16, in The Lonely Assassin (Milan Thriller Series; 4), RedBrick Press, →ISBN:

Alternative form of Milano: a city in northern Italy; the capital of Lombardy.


Firenze

From Italian Firenze. Doublet of Florence.

But it would have been so nice to have a private income, and to be able sometimes to go to Venezia, Firenze, Roma, those places with the beautiful names.

1896, W[alter] D[elaplaine] Scull, “Mrs. Platt”, in The Garden of the Matchboxes and Other Stories, London: Elkin Mathews, page 94:

When you plan your first visit to Italy, you will likely put Roma, Firenze, and Venezia at the top of your list, perhaps adding Milano and Napoli as well. These destinations make sense because they are all world-class cities with great history, art, architecture, culture, and food.

1996, Fred Plotkin, “Introduction: Garibaldi with a Fork”, in Italy for the Gourmet Traveler, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 5:

His black slacks were the handiwork of his British tailor of a wool-and-Angora blend; his thick-soled shoes were made in Firenze of black leather, and fitted more like gloves than shoes.

2014 December, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, chapter 2, in Sustenance: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 40:

Alternative form of Florence: the capital city of Tuscany, Italy.


Venezia

From Italian Venezia. Doublet of Venetia and Venice.

“[…] The only thing I really want to see is Venice. That is the place where they have the gondolas, right?” / “Right,” Marcos said. “That is where I live. Venezia.” […] “Do you have water right outside your front door and ride around in gondolas?” Katie asked. / “Of course. Venezia is built on more than a hundred islands. Nearly everyone has water outside the front door. My father owns a jewelry store near the Piazza San Marcos. Carlo Savini Jewelers. If you go to Venezia, you must go to his store.[…]”

2000, Robin Jones Gunn, chapter 6, in Until Tomorrow, Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, pages 65–66:

By mid-morning, a squall came whipping up the Adriatic, the sea churning and frothing as it swept into the lagoon, stirring up the canals that made Venezia famous; […]

Synonym of Venice (“the capital city of Veneto, Italy”).


Asti

A comune, the capital of Asti province, Piedmont, Italy.


Aurora

/ʔaʊ̯ˈɾo.ɾɐ/

Aurora (disambiguation)
Gérard de Lairesse
Manuel Quezon

Ultimately from Latin Aurōra. The Philippine placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines.


Bari

Borrowed from Italian Bari, ultimately from Latin Barium.

The Metropolitan City of Bari, a region of Apulia, Italy.

The city and port which is the capital of that region, and of Apulia.


Magenta

Magenta (disambiguation)
Magenta, Lombardy

A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.


Ora

en-proper noun

Ora (countable and uncountable, plural Oras)

* (given name): First appeared in the 19th century when similar sounding names like Cora, Dora and Nora were in fashion. Possibly shortened from Aurelia, sometimes spelled Ora Lee, or, Aura Lea, in the American civil war song.
* (Italian commune): Borrowed from Italian Ora

Alternative spelling of Auer (“German spelling”): A commune of South Tyrol, northern Italy (from the Italian spelling)


Parma

Borrowed from Italian Parma, from Latin Parma, from Etruscan.


Pisa

From Italian Pisa, from Latin Pīsae, of Etruscan origin.

The capital city of the province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.


Po

The longest river in Italy, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.


Rho

A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.


Viola

A comune in Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy.


Rubicon

From Latin Rubicō, Rubicōn (“the Rubicon”), possibly from rubeus (“red, reddish”), from rubeō (“to be red”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”), an allusion to the colour of the river caused by mud deposits.

(historical) A small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war.


Bruno

Bruno (countable and uncountable, plural Brunos or Brunoes)

From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (“brown”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno. Doublet of Brown.

A placename
A municipality of Piedmont, Italy.


Fleming

From Middle English flameng, from late Old English Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (compare West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) and the patronymic suffix *-ingaz (“belonging to, descended from”). More at Flanders.


Adige

Borrowed from Italian Adige, from Latin Athesis.


Delia

From the Ancient Greek Δήλῐᾰ (Dḗlĭă), epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos.


Tiber

They traversed the Tiber without remarking it; they arrived at Rome by the gate of the people, which conducts immediately to the Corso, to the largest street of the modern city; […]

1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book I. Oswald.] Chap[ter] V.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume I, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 51:

The river that flows through Rome in Italy.


Soave

en-proper noun

Soave (countable and uncountable, plural Soaves)


Spello

A town and comune in the province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy.


Paola

Paola (countable and uncountable, plural Paolas)

A town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.


Tyrol

Maybe ultimately from Celtic *tir (“land”), from Proto-Celtic *tīros from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land".

A geographic region in Central Europe including the state of Tyrol in Austria and the regions of South Tyrol and Trentino in Italy.


Karst

the Karst (canonical)
Kras (alternative)
Carso (alternative)

A mountainous karst plateau in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia; in full, Karst Plateau.

喀斯特

mountainous region in Italy and Slovenia


Chianti

en-noun

Chianti (countable and uncountable, plural Chiantis)

Borrowed from Italian chianti, after Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante).

A hilly geographic region in central Tuscany, Italy, famous for red wines.


Mont Blanc

Borrowed from French mont Blanc (literally “white mountain”), from mont (“mount”) + blanc (“white”).

bor

The highest mountain in Europe, in the Alps between France and Italy.

மோன்தே பியாங்கோ

mōṉtē piyāṅkō


Trent

(less common form) Trento, A city in Italy.


Abruzzi

A former mountainous region in central Italy that borders the Adriatic Sea; properly Abruzzi e Molise; now separated into Abruzzo and Molise.


Augusta

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From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.


Capri

An island in the Bay of Naples; part of Campania.


Vesuvius

From Latin Vesuvius, of uncertain origin.

Hecla bellowed until the Icelanders feared a cataclysm. Vesuvius blew its head off.

1928 February 25 – March 3, Arthur Conan Doyle, “When the World Screamed”, in The Professor Challenger Stories […], London: John Murray, […], published [1952], →OCLC, page 577:

A volcanic mountain located on the Gulf of Naples in Italy.


Padania

A region in northern Italy, centered on the valley of the river Po.


Istria

From Latin Histria, from Ancient Greek Ἱστρία (Histría), named after Ἵστρων (Hístrōn) (ἔθνος (éthnos)), the ethnicon of the Illyrian/Venetic tribe of the Histri who inhabited the region.
The name could itself be related to Hister, a Roman name for the Danube, from Ancient Greek Ἰστρίη (Istríē), the Dacian-Thracian name for the river god Danubius, a name meaning "swift," and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”). Also see Histria.

der

A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.


Emilia

(historical) A historical region of Italy, approximately coterminous with modern Emilia-Romagna.


Irma

From German Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of Germanic names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Cognate with English Emma.


Marsala

From Sicilian Marsala, from an Arabic name, probably مَرْسَى عَلِيّ (marsā ʕaliyy, “Ali's harbor”), or possibly مَرْسَى اللّٰه (marsā llāh, “God's harbor”). In any case, the first element is مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”).


Adria

From Latin Adria, Hadria. Compare Adriatic.

A town and comune of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name.


Arno

A river in Tuscany that flows through Pisa and Florence.


Reno

en-proper-noun

Reno (countable and uncountable, plural Renos)


Roma

From Latin and Italian Roma (“Rome”). Doublet of Rome and Rum.

A major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire


Marches

Synonym of Marche: An administrative region in central Italy.


Alto Adige

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Alto Adige.

ubor

South Tyrol: A predominantly German-speaking autonomous province of the Trentino-Alto Adige region in north-east Italy; until 1919 part of Austria, since 1972 under a special autonomy statute.


Rovereto

A city in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Dolomites

A mountain range of the Alps in north-eastern Italy.


Elba

An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica.


Pesaro

Pesaro and Urbino
Pesaro and Urbino#English

A city and comune, the capital city of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, Marche region, Italy.


Romagna

From Italian Romagna, compare Romagnol Rumâgna.

A historic region in northern Italy that formed part of modern Emilia-Romagna.

Romagne

a historical region in northern Italy that formed part of modern Emilia-Romagna


Tirol

A geographic region in Central Europe including the state of Tyrol in Austria and the regions of South Tyrol and Trentino in Italy


Friuli

From Italian Friuli, from Friulian Friûl, from Latin Forum Iūlīi (“forum of Julius”).

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia

A region in northeastern Italy, part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.


South Tyrol

A predominantly German-speaking autonomous province of the Trentino-Alto Adige region in north-east Italy; until 1919 part of Austria, since 1972 under a special autonomy statute. Capital: Bolzano.

Suid-Tirol

German-speaking region of northern Italy


Lampedusa

From Italian Lampedusa, from Latin Lopadusa, from Ancient Greek Λοπαδοῦσσα (Lopadoûssa). Compare Sicilian Lampidusa.

The largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia.


Reggio Calabria

From Italian Reggio Calabria, Old Italian Reggio from Late Latin Rēgium, Latin Rhēgium, from Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).

Reggio Calabria (a historical province and metropolitan city of Calabria, Italy).

Reggio Calabria (a city and commune, the provincial capital of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy).


Reggio Emilia

A city, the capital of Reggio Emilia province, Emilia-Romagna.


Forlì

Alternative form of Forli, the capital city of the province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.


Domodossola

A town in Piedmont, Italy, close to the border with Switzerland.


Otranto

From Italian Otranto, from Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs). Doublet of Hydruntum and hydrous.


Carso

Alternative form of Karst: A mountainous karst plateau in northeastern Italy and southwestern Slovenia; in full, Karst Plateau.


Gubbio

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Gubbio.


Apennines

A mountain range in Italy, stretching 1,200 km from the north to the south of the country, along its east coast, traversing the entire Apennine Peninsula, and often called the "spine of Italy".


Pau

A commune of the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy.


Occitania

From New Latin Occitānia, from Occitānus (“Occitan”) (as used in lingua Occitāna (“Occitan language)”) + -ia. By surface analysis, Occitan + -ia.

奧克西塔尼亞 /奥克西塔尼亚

Àokèxītǎníyǎ

A cultural region in southwestern Europe where Occitan has historically been spoken, consisting of southern France, parts of Catalonia in Spain, and some valleys in northwestern Italy.


Mestre

A borough of Venice, Veneto, Italy, located on the mainland.


Ottaviano

A comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.


Chioggia

From Italian Chioggia, ultimately from Latin Clodia, a former Roman settlement.

Chioggio (alternative)
Chiozzo (alternative)
Chiozza (alternative)

A town and comune in Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.


Tenna

Borrowed from Italian Tenna, from Latin Tinna, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *th₂i-n-, from an extension of *teh₂- (“to dissolve, melt”), via an unknown source language, perhaps Italic; compare Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”). As such, possibly a doublet of Tyne and Teign.


Trastevere

A district of Rome, Italy, on the west bank of the Tiber.


Fiume

Borrowed from Italian Fiume, from Latin Flūmen, from flūmen (“river”).

(historical) A former polity in Europe, between 1920–1924.


Arena

A comune in Vibo Valentia province, Calabria, Italy.


Massa

en-proper-noun

Massa (countable and uncountable, plural Massas)

The surname is from Italian Massa. Also found in southern France (see Massey).


Catalan Countries

A cultural region in Western Europe where Catalan is spoken: Catalonia, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, the Aragon Strip and Carche (in Spain); Northern Catalonia (in France); Alghero (on the island of Sardinia in Italy); and the independent country of Andorra.


Filadelfia

A town and municipality of the province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy.


Iglesias

A commune of South Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy.


Jesolo

A seaside resort town and comune on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in the Veneto region, Italy, north of Venice.


Auer

en-proper noun

Auer (countable and uncountable, plural Auers)

Borrowed from German Auer, topographic surname from several places with the name Au, Aue, all from the noun Aue (“floodplain, stream”).

A municipality in the autonomous province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Italian spelling: Ora.


Lipari

Lipari (countable and uncountable, plural Liparis)

A municipality in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy and the largest settlement of the homonymous island.


Magna Graecia

(historical) The ancient coastal regions of Sicily and southern Italy once colonized by Greek settlers.

大希臘 /大希腊

Ancient Greek colonies in Italy and Sicily


Tivoli

An ancient city in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy.


Carrara

A town in Massa Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, famous for its marble quarries


Orvieto

/ɔːˈvjeɪtəʊ/

/ˌɔːvɪˈeɪtəʊ/

From Italian Orvieto, from Latin Urbs Vetus (literally “old city”).

A town in the province of Terni, Umbria, Italy.


Brenner

Alternative form: Brennero (Italian)

A municipality in South Tyrol, Italy, near the Brenner Pass.

Ellipsis of Brenner Pass: a mountain pass through the Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.


Rialto

A central area of San Polo sestiere, Venice, Veneto, Italy.

A comune in Savona province, Liguria, Italy.


Samnium

(historical) An ancient region of southern Italy.


Seran

A frazione in Quart, Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy.


Tirano

A town in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy, on the border with Switzerland.


Alfonsine

A municipality of the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.


Parthenope

From Latin Parthenopē, from Ancient Greek Παρθενόπη (Parthenópē, from παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin, virginal”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”)).

der

Neapolis, Naples, was situated on the W. slope of Mt. Vesuvius and on the banks of the small stream Sebethus. It was founded by the Greeks of Cumae, and was named Neapolis, "New City," in contradistinction to Palaepolis, "Old City," which had been previously established, probably on the hill of Pausilypus. The name of Parthenope appears to have originally belonged to Palaepolis, but was subsequently transferred to Neapolis.

1867, William Latham Bevan, The Student's Manual of Ancient Geography..., page 567:

(historical) Former name of Naples: a port city in southwestern Italy.


Alghero

Borrowed from Italian Alghero, of unclear origin. Usually thought to derive from Medieval Latin Aleguerium (literally “stagnation of seaweed”) or Sardinian S'Alighèra, from aliga (“seaweed; rubbish”) + -era, but either way from Latin alga (“seaweed”), from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, slimy”).

A city and port town in the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.


Sorrento

From Italian Sorrento, from Latin Surrentum, of uncertain origin.

A town and comune of the province of Naples, Campania, Italy.


Nola

A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.


Pantelleria

/ˌpæntəˈlɛəɹiə/

/ˌpʌntəˈlɛəɹiə/

Borrowed from Italian Pantelleria, from Sicilian Pantiddirìa, from Arabic بِنْتُ الرِّياح (bintu ar-riyāḥ, “daugther of the winds”), perhaps through a dialectal Arabic form with a genitive particle (equivalent to a theoretical Maltese *bint tar-rjieħ, *bint tal-irjieħ).

بِنْتُ الرِّياح

An inhabited volcanic island belonging to the province of Trapani, Sicily, between Italy and Tunisia.


Vò

The small town of Vò, in northern Italy, where the first coronavirus death occurred in the country, has become a case study that demonstrates how scientists might neutralise the spread of Covid-19. […] When the study began, on 6 March, there were at least 90 infected in Vò.

2020 March 18, Lorenzo Tondo, “Scientists say mass tests in Italian town have halted Covid-19 there”, in The Guardian:


Montecristo

Monte Cristo (alternative)
Monte-Cristo (alternative)

An island of Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, a small Italian island between Corsica and the Italian Peninsula.


Neapolis

From Latin Neapolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). Equivalent to neo- + -polis. Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, Napoli, and Neapoli.

doublet

Neapolis, Naples, was situated on the W. slope of Mt. Vesuvius and on the banks of the small stream Sebethus. It was founded by the Greeks of Cumae, and was named Neapolis, "New City," in contradistinction to Palaepolis, "Old City," which had been previously established, probably on the hill of Pausilypus... Neapolis was conquered by the Samnites in b.c. 327, and passed into the hands of the Romans in 290; it retained its Greek character under them, and hence became a favourite resort of the Romans before the end of the Republic.

At Neapolis there was chaos as those who could flee Roma came to this port seeking escape.

1987 October, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, chapter 1, in A Flame in Byzantium, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, part I (Belisarius), page 4:


Eternal City

Nickname for Rome: the capital of Italy.


Cave

A place name:
A town and comune in Lazio, Italy.


Acri

en-proper noun

Acri (countable and uncountable, plural Acris)

A town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.


Gaeta

A coastal town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy.


Gallura

A cultural region and former state in northeast Sardinia.


Perusia

Borrowed from Latin Perusia. Doublet of Perugia.

That is, Fabius marched to relieve Sutrium, defeated the Etruscans there, crossed the Ciminian wood, defeated another Etruscan army near Perusia, and then made indutiae with Arretium, Cortona, and Perusia.

2005, A Commentary on Livy, Books VI-X: Volume III, Book IX, Oxford University Press, page 455:

Perusia has the epithet ‘Augusta’ in two inscriptions, and another refers to ‘Perusia Restituta’, which should most naturally restoration after the destruction of 40.¹²⁶ This implies that the city enjoyed Augustus' favour, as Saddington notes;¹²⁷ but that is no reason for largely rejecting the accounts of Imperator Caesar's punishment of Perusia in 40, excepting the fantasy of a massacre of the curial class.

2007, Edward Bispham, From Asculum to Actium, Oxford University Press, page 358:

The siege of Perusia in 41 seems, additionally, to have cost him^([Propertius]) a relative, a figure mentioned in elegy 1.22 and often identified with the Gallus who speaks in 1.21.

2007, Basil Dufallo, The Ghosts of the Past, Ohio State University Press, page 95:

(historical) An ancient Etruscan and later Roman city which eventually became present-day Perugia, Italy.


Langhe

From Italian Langhe, plural of Piedmontese langa (“hill”), of uncertain origin.

A hilly area in southwestern Piedmont, Italy.


Insubria

A historic region in modern Lombardy, Italy.


Anzio

A coastal town and comune in Lazio region, Italy.


Barletta

Barletta (countable and uncountable, plural Barlettas)

A city in Barletta-Andria-Trani province, Apulia, Italy.


Caltagirone

Caltagirone (countable and uncountable, plural Caltagirones)

A city in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy.


Ceprano

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Ceprano.

ubor

A small town in Frosinone, Lazio, Italy.


Cortina

The car was named after the Italian ski resort.

Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo#English

Ellipsis of Cortina d'Ampezzo: a resort town and municipality of the province of Belluno, Veneto region, Italy.


Falcone

en-proper-noun

Falcone (countable and uncountable, plural Falcones)


Fiumicino

An airport in Lazio, Italy, and the main airport of Rome.


Paestum

An ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, on the coast of present-day Campania in southern Italy.


Ischia

A town and comune on the island of Ischia, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.

Ischia di Castro
Ischia di Castro#English

A town and comune of Lazio, Italy; in full, Ischia di Castro.


Marino

en-prop

Marino (countable and uncountable, plural Marinos)

A place name:
A city and comune in Lazio, Italy.


Portogruaro

A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.


Volterra

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Volterra.

ubor

A town in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.


Olbia

A city and comune in Sassari province, northern Sardinia, Italy.


Buscemi

From Italian Buscemi, from Sicilian Buscema, from Old Sicilian Buxema, from Arabic قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabū šāma), meaning “Castle of the man with the mole”.

der

قَلْعَةْ أَبُو شَامَة

Buscemi (a small town in the province of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy).


Canna

A town and comune in Cosenza province, Calabria, Italy.


Herculaneum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Herculaneum, named for the mythical figure Hercules.

ubor

An ancient town in modern Campania, Italy, which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin.


Chiantishire

1980s, first seen in The Independent. From Chianti + -shire, treating the Tuscan wine region as if it were an English county.

(humorous, chiefly UK) An area of Tuscany, Italy, favoured by upper-class British citizens.


Grado

A small town in Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia.


Bride of the Sea

Nickname for Venice: a city, the capital of Veneto, Italy.


Sappada

A small town in the province of Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.


Sarno

A town and comune in Salerno province, Campania, Italy.


Sauris

First attested 1280, the name is said to be of Illyrian origin, from *savira (“current”) (compare Sanskrit सरित् (sarit)). Known in German as Zahre.

To the N. w. of Ampezzo, in the upper part of the Val Lumies, lie the sequestered villages of Sauris or Zahre (Sauris di Sotto, 3955'; Sauris di Sopra, 4440'), which, like Sappada (p. 421), are inhabited by Germans.

1899, Karl Baedeker (Firm), The Eastern Alps: Including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola, page 526

Lest it be assumed that the use in Sauris of Friulian and Italian is of very recent date, it is interesting to note that 120 years ago Joseph Bergmann (1849) gave German no chance of surviving there: […]

2004, Edwin Ardener, Social Anthropology and Language, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 164:

The municipality of Sauris, or “Zahre” in the local “zahrar sproche” idiom, is located in the Province of Udine, in northeastern Italy.

2019, Maurizio Droli, The Albergo Diffuso Model: Community-based hospitality for a sustained competitive advantage, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN:

A village in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, one of the Germanic language islands in Italy, where Sauris Bavarian is spoken.


Timau

A village in northern Italy; a commune of Paluzza.


Bronte

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).

der

A town and comune in the metropolitan city of Catania, Sicily, Italy, origin of the title Duke of Bronte.


Capua

A town and municipality in the province of Caserta, Campania, Italy.


Formia

A town and comune in Latina province, Lazio, Italy.


Gallipoli

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Sense 1 (“peninsula in Turkey”) is borrowed from Italian Gallipoli, from Turkish Gelibolu, and from its etymon Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολῐς (Kallípolĭs, “Kallipolis, former name of Gelibolu”) and late variant forms, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́λλος (kắllos, “beauty; beautiful person or thing; nobility”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“beautiful”)) + πόλις (pólis, “city; city-state”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- (“city; fortification”)). Doublet of Callipolis, Gelibolu, and Kallipolis.
Sense 2 (“town in Italy”) is borrowed from Italian Gallipoli, from Latin Callipolis, from Byzantine Greek Καλλίπολῐς (Kallípolĭs): see above.

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Gallipoli oil    Gallipoli soap

(also attributive) A town in Lecce, Apulia, Italy.


Metaponto

A town in Matera province, Basilicata, Italy.


Nove

A small town and comune of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.

Nove

town and comune in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy


Verbania

A town, province, and resort in Piedmont, Italy.


Castano Primo

A city and comune in Milan province, Lombardy, Italy.


Issime

A village in Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy.


Aetna

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From the Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Etna.

(historical) An ancient city in Sicily, in modern Italy, situated at the foot of Mount Etna, on its southern declivity.


Janiculum

Derived from the name of the Roman deity Iānus (“Janus”), from iānus (“arcade, covered passageway”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).


Alcamo

Borrowed from Italian Alcamo, from Arabic الْقَامُوق (al-qāmūq).

A commune and town in Trapani, Sicily, Italy.


Erice

A town and commune of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.


Gais

A village and comune in South Tyrol, Italy.


Aversa

en-proper noun

Aversa (countable and uncountable, plural Aversas)

A city and comune in Caserta province, Campania, Italy.


Alba Longa

From Latin Alba Longa (literally “long white [city]”).

bor

(historical) An ancient city in Latium, in central Italy, destroyed by Rome around the middle of the 7th century BC.


Maleventum

(historical) An ancient city in Samnium, in modern Campania, Italy; modern Benevento.


Santa Maria

Jesus
Mary, mother of Jesus
Santa Maria, California

From Portuguese Santa Maria and Spanish Santa María (“Holy Mary”), various places named in honor of Mary the mother of Jesus, from Portuguese Maria and Spanish María, both from Latin Maria, q.v.

Santa Maria degli Angeli
Santa Maria degli Angeli#English

Ellipsis of Santa Maria degli Angeli: a village in Perugia, Umbria, Italy.


Pompeji

Borrowed from Latin Pompeji, from Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, “five”), a reference to its five districts. Doublet of cinque, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, and punch (“beverage”).

doublet

Alternative form of Pompeii: a city in Italy.


Casoria

A comune in the city of Naples, Campania, Italy.


Bitonto

A city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, Italy.


Battipaglia

A town and comune in Salerno, Campania, Italy.


Civitavecchia

A comune and port in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio region, Italy.


Enza

Borrowed from Italian Enza, from Latin Incia.


Fidenza

A town and comune in Parma province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.


Chivasso

A comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.


Narni

A town in the province of Terni, Umbria, Italy.


Ponza

An island off the coast of Lazio, Italy, in the Pontine Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.


Bevagna

A town and comune in the province of Perugia, Umbria, Italy.


Noto

Borrowed from Italian Noto, italianization of Sicilian Notu.

A town in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.


Chiusi

A town and comune in Siena province, Tuscany, Italy.


Tarvisio

A town in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, near the border with Austria.


Voghera

A town and municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy.


Portoferraio

/ˌpɔː(ɹ)təʊfəˈɹaɪəʊ/

Borrowed from Italian Portoferraio (literally “iron-working harbour”), from porto (“harbour”) + ferraio (“that works iron”), after the numerous ironworks historically present in its territory.

bor

Porto Ferraio (alternative obsolete)
Porto Ferrajo (alternative obsolete)

A city and comune in the province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, in the north of Elba, featuring a prominent harbour.

Պորտոֆերաիո

city and harbour in the north of Elba, Italy


Hydruntum

From Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Doublet of Otranto and hydrous.

(historical) Former name of Otranto: a city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy.


Stabiae

Castellammare di Stabia
Castellammare di Stabia#English

(historical) An ancient city in Italy near Pompeii, in Campania; now Castellammare di Stabia


Iguvium

Learned borrowing from Latin Īguvium, itself from Umbrian 𐌉𐌊𐌖𐌅𐌉𐌖𐌌 (ikuvium).


Canossa

A comune and castle town in the Province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, famed as the site where the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV did penance in 1077, standing three days bare-headed in the snow, in order to reverse his excommunication by Pope Gregory VII.


Palmarola

An island of the Pontine Islands, Tyrrhenian Sea, of Italy.


Cort

A frazione in Quart, Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy.


Azetium

From Latin *Azētium, reconstructed from numismatically attested Ancient Greek Ἀζητῖνοι (Azētînoi) and Ezetium in medieval transcriptions.

(historical) A former town in Apulia, of uncertain site, probably Rutigliano


Jesi

A comune in Ancona province, Marche region, Italy.


Manarola

Manarola is the second-smallest of the famous Cinque Terre towns frequented by tourists.

A small town in Liguria, in northern Italy.


Pendino

A quarter in the Second Municipality of the city of Naples, Campania region, Italy.


Martell

en-proper noun

Martell (countable and uncountable, plural Martells)

A comune in South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Boves

A municipality in Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy.


Capobianco

Capobianco (countable and uncountable, plural Capobiancos)

Isola di Capo Rizzuto
Isola di Capo Rizzuto#English

A village in Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Crotone, Calabria, Italy.


Musso

Musso (countable and uncountable, plural Mussos)

A town and comune in Como province, Lombardy, Italy.


Pero

Pero (countable and uncountable, plural Peros)

A comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.


Ribera

Ribera (countable and uncountable, plural Riberas)

A comune in Agrigento province, Sicily, Italy.


Villeneuve

Villeneuve (countable and uncountable, plural Villeneuves)

Borrowed from French Villeneuve (literally “Newtown, new town”).


Piraino

A comune of the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily.


Revere

en-proper noun

Revere (countable and uncountable, plural Reveres)


Pisciotta

A town and commune in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy.


Caiazzo

From Italian Caiazzo, possibly from an unattested intermediate form Vulgar Latin *Caiatium, ultimately from Latin Caiatia, under possible influence from Italian -azzo (“forming pejoratives and diminutives”), of uncertain origin. UTET confused it with Calatia. It is possibly related to the name Caieta (Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē)), though it is not usually related to Greek while the latter is.
The surname is from the place, and is also used as a diminutive of the personal name Caio.


Montello

A comune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.


Montferrat

Adapted from French Montferrat, seemingly from Latin Mōns Ferrātus (literally “mountain with iron”).

der

A historical region of Piedmont, Italy, comprising parts of Asti and Alessandria.


Luserna

From Italian Luserna, from Venetan Łuxerna, from Cimbrian Lusérn, probably from a Middle High German word for “mountain pass”.

A Cimbrian-speaking village in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Lavarone

A town in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Toblach

A municipality in the autonomous province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Italian form: Dobbiaco.


Seborga

A small town in Liguria in northwestern Italy.


La Salle

en-proper noun

La Salle (countable and uncountable, plural La Salles)

La Salles (plural)
LaSalle (alternative)
la Salle (alternative)
laSalle (alternative)
Lasalle (alternative)
Salle (alternative)

A town and comune in the Aosta Valley, Italy.


Palaepolis

From Latin Palaepolis, from Ancient Greek Παλαιόπολις (Palaiópolis, “Old Town”), from παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Equivalent to palaeo- + -polis. Compare Old Town and old town.

der

(historical) A former city in southwest Italy, now part of Naples.


Maranello

A small town in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; home to the Ferrari car company


Andria

A city and comune in Barletta-Andria-Trani province, Apulia, Italy.


Gressoney-Saint-Jean

A town and commune of Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy.


Aosta Valley

An autonomous region of northwestern Italy, with a significant fraction of the population speaking Franco-Provençal. Capital and largest city: Aosta.


Canove

A village in Vicenza, Italy; a frazione of Roana.


Camporovere

A village in Italy; a frazione of Roana.


Mezzaselva

A frazione in the comune of Roana, Vicenza, Italy.


Albaredo

A village in Vicenza, Italy; a frazione of Rotzo.


Pedescala

A village in Italy; a frazione of Valdastico.


Grand Canal

The Buildings are generally lofty and beautiful eſpecially on the Grand Canal, over which the Bridge called Rialto exceeds all the reſt, is built of white Marble, and conſiſts of one Arch 95 foot long and 24 high.

1721, John Senex, A New General Atlas, Containing A Geographical And Historical Account Of All The Empires, Kingdoms And Other Dominions Of The World, London, →OCLC, page 164:

Until the early 1990s, crews on barges and boats chugging down China’s 2,400-year-old Grand Canal did not need familiar landmarks to tell them they were approaching the scenic city of Hangzhou.
They could smell it.
“The water was black,” said Zhu Jianbai, assistant director of the city government’s Grand Canal Restoration and Development Group. “There was no life in it. If you lived beside it, you had to live with the stink.”[…]
The Duke of Wu began work on what became the Grand Canal in 486 B.C., but it was not until the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan moved the capital to Beijing and straightened the canal that it became a direct north-south waterway.[…]
The wood used in building the Ming tombs on the outskirts of Beijing was transported down the Yangtze River from Yunnan and Sichuan provinces and then up the Grand Canal to the capital.

2007 July 24, David Lague, “On an Ancient Canal, Grunge Gives Way to Grandeur”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-27, Hangzhou Journal:

A channel (in Italianː Canal Grande) in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city.


Tropea

en-proper noun

Tropea (countable and uncountable, plural Tropeas)

A municipality in Vibo Valentia province, Calabria, Italy.


Monterovere

A village in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy; a frazione of Caldonazzo.


Fratte

A town in Salerno, Campania, Italy; a suburb of the city of Salerno.

Santa Giustina in Colle
Santa Giustina in Colle

A village in Padua, Veneto, Italy; a frazione of Santa Giustina in Colle.

A village in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy; a frazione of Telve di Sopra.


Telve di Sopra

A town in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Campolongo

A town in Treviso, Veneto, Italy; a frazione of Conegliano.

Santo Stefano di Cadore
Santo Stefano di Cadore

A town in Belluno, Veneto, Italy; a frazione of Santo Stefano di Cadore.


Carcoforo

First attested 1383 as Italian Alpe Carchoffeni, founded by Walser settlers.


Formazza

From Italian Formazza, Piedmontese Formassa, and Alemannic German (Walser German) Pomatt, of Germanic origin.


Rapallo

A coastal municipality in the metropolitan city of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.


Franchitti

en-proper-noun

Franchitti (countable and uncountable, plural Franchittis)


Chiavari

A coastal comune in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.


Savigliano

A comune in Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy.


Monte-Cristo

Alternative form of Montecristo; An island of Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea.


Giugliano

Giugliano in Campania
Giugliano in Campania#English

Ellipsis of Giugliano in Campania: a city and comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania region, Italy.


Pontine Islands

An archipelago of Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.


Poseidonia

From Latin Poseidonia, from Ancient Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidōnía); or directly from Greek Ποσειδωνία (Poseidonía). From Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn) + -ία (-ía). Equivalent to Poseidon + -ia.

Former name of Paestum: a village in Campania, Italy.

(historical) Synonym of Paestum, a former colony in Magna Graecia, in the region of Campania on the Italian Peninsula.

Paestum

(historical) Former name of Paestum: an ancient city in Campania, province of Italia, Roman Empire.


Corio

en-proper noun

Corio (countable and uncountable, plural Corios)

A comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.


Santa Maria degli Angeli

From Italian Santa Maria degli Angeli (“Holy Mary of the Angels”).

bor

Sta. Maria degli Angeli (alternative)
Santa Maria (alternative)
Sta. Maria (alternative)

A village near Assisi, Perugia, Italy, famed for the indulgence granted at its Portiuncula chapel on 1 & 2 August.


Pontenure

A municipality in the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.


Berchidda

Borrowed from Italian Berchidda, from Latin Berquilla.

A city and commune of the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.


Craco

Borrowed from Italian Craco, from Latin Cracum, from Renaissance Latin Graclum, from Medieval Latin Graculum.

Italian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula#English

An abandoned hill town in Monte d'Oro, Craco Peschiera, Craco, Matera, Basilicata, Italian Peninsula, Italy.

Ellipsis of Craco Peschiera: a frazione in Craco, Matera, Basilicata, Italian Peninsula, Italy.

Craco Peschiera

A commune of Matera, Basilicata, Italian Peninsula, Italy.


Brixen

A city and commune in the province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Villa San Giovanni

A town, a comune and port in Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.


Brenner Pass

A mountain pass through the Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.


Ovada

A municipality in the province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy.


Ronco Scrivia

Scrivia probably refers to the river Scrivia.

A municipality in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.


San Severo

A city and municipality in the province of Foggia, Apulia, Italy.


Peschici

A coastal town and municipality in the province of Foggia, Apulia, Italy.


Predazzo

A village and municipality in the province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.


Cortina d'Ampezzo

A resort town and municipality of the province of Belluno, Veneto region, Italy. Short form: Cortina.


Taras

From Latin Taras, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Doublet of Tarentum and Taranto.

(historical) Synonym of Tarentum, former name of Taranto: a city in Italy.


Villefranche

From French Villefranche (literally “Freetown”), from ville (“town, city”) + franche, feminine singular of franc (“free”).

A frazione in Quart, Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy.


Uscio

A comune in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.


Saint-Nicolas

A town and comune in the Aosta Valley, north-west Italy.


Torricella Sicura

Borrowed from Italian Torricella Sicura, from sicura (feminine of sicuro, "secure"), from a castle said to previously exist in the region.

A town and commune in Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy.


Ome

A town and commune Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.


Nocera Inferiore

A city and comune in Salerno province, Campania, Italy.


Poggioreale

A neighbourhood of Naples, Campania, Italy.

A comune and ghost town (destroyed by an earthquake) in Trapani province, Sicily, Italy.


Francavilla Angitola

A comune in Vibo Valentia province, Calabria, Italy.


Varazze

A comune in Savona province, Liguria, Italy.


Grafsee

A lake in Pfitsch, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige autonomous region, Italy.


Palestro

A town and comune in Pavia province, Lombardy, Italy.


Chieri

From Italian Chieri, from Latin Carreum Potentia, from the Taurini dialect form of Ancient Ligurian *Karreum, from *kar (“stone”), common element found in words like crag.

A comune of the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.


Viminal

Rome Termini is the only long-distance passenger station serving the city. Situated on the Viminal, one of the Seven Hills, near the Baths of Diocletian, it was opened in 1871 during the expansion of Rome after it had become the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.

1950 February, “The "Rome Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:

The smallest of the seven hills of Rome, Italy.


Oga

A frazione in Valdisotto, Sondrio, Lombardy, Italy.


Bordighera

A town and comune in the Province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy.


Iselle

A village in Trasquera municipality, Piedmont, Italy.


Rivoli

A comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.

A comune of Verona, Veneto, Italy, scene for the Battle of Rivoli in 1797.


Bra

A city in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; known for being the birthplace of the Bra sausage, and the Bra cheese.


Bardonecchia

A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.


Riviera di Levante

Directly from Italian riviera di levante

The next 54 miles to [La] Spezia are along the Riviera di Levante, past a series of enchanting seaside resorts and fishing villages, vineyards and olive groves alternating with cliff scenery, tunnels, and viaducts.

1950 February, “The "Rome Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 77:

The eastern section of the Italian Riviera, otherwise known as the Levante Riviera, east of Genoa in Liguria, Italy.


Levanto

A coastal town and comune in La Spezia province, Liguria, Italy.


Vittorio Veneto

A city and comune in Treviso province, Veneto, Italy.


Calalzo di Cadore

A comune in Belluno province, Veneto, Italy.


Castel Gandolfo

A town in Lazio region, Italy, south-east of Rome.


Cervignano del Friuli

A comune in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.


Codogno

A town and comune in Lodi province, Lombardy, Italy.


Arcola

A comune in La Spezia province, Liguria, Italy.


Sellaria

(historical) A former quartiere (quarter) of the city of Naples, Italy, which occupied territory approximating to that of the present-day quartiere of Pendino.

Selleria

former quartiere of Naples, approximately coextensive with present-day Pendino


Argenta

A town and comune in Ferrara province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.


Giugliano in Campania

A city and comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania region, Italy.


Torre del Greco

Borrowed from Italian Torre del Greco (literally “Tower of the Greek [man]”).

bor+

A town and comune in the metropolitan city of Naples, in the region of Campania, Italy.


Torre Annunziata

Borrowed from Italian Torre Annunziata (literally “Tower [of] Our Lady of the Annunciation”).


Leaning Tower

Leaning Tower of Pisa
Leaning Tower of Pisa#English

Alternative form of Leaning Tower of Pisa, a bell tower in Pisa, Italy.


Pallanza

A district of Verbania, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province, Piedmont, Italy.


Baveno

A town and comune in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province, Piedmont, Italy.


Arona

A place name:
A comune in Novara, Piedmont, Italy.


Desenzano del Garda

A town and comune on Lake Garda, Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy.


Sorrento Peninsula

A peninsula on the western coast of Italy between the Bay of Naples (to its northwest) and the Bay of Salerno (to its southeast).


Quart

A comune of the Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy.


Argnod

A frazione in Quart, Aosta Valley autonomous region, Italy.


Vegri

A village in Ficarolo, Rovigo, Veneto, Italy.

Вегри

Albaredo d'Adige
Albaredo d'Adige#English

A village in Albaredo d'Adige, Verona, Veneto, Italy.

Вегри

village in Albaredo d’Adige, Verona, Veneto, Italy

A village in Valdagno, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.


Vegra

A village in Sarcedo, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.


Vegre

A village in Cartigliano, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.


Le Vegre

Castello di Godego
Castello di Godego#English

A village in Castello di Godego, Treviso, Veneto, Italy.


Possessione Vegra

A village in the comune of Ferrara, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Посесионе Вегра

village in Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Sedriano

A comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.


Ruvo di Puglia

A city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, Italy.


Corato

A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, Italy.


Calascibetta

A commune of the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy.


Falconara Marittima

A coastal resort town and comune in Ancona province, Marche region, Italy.


Fossano

A town and comune in Cuneo province, Piedmont region, Italy.


Cavallermaggiore

A comune in Cuneo province, Piedmont region, Italy.


Vernio

A comune in Prato province, Tuscany, Italy.


Rogoredo

A district in south-east Milan, Lombardy, Italy.


Poggiomarino

A comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.


Baiano

A comune in Avellino province, Campania, Italy.


Portofino

A coastal town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.


Porto Torres

A city, comune, and port in Sassari province, northern Sardinia, Italy.


Lake Lugano

From Italian Lago di Lugano and the city of Lugano.

An international glacial lake in Ticino canton, Switzerland, and Lombardy, Italy.


Italian Riviera

A geographic region of Italy, the coastline between the Ligurian Sea, Maritime Alps, and Apennines.


lagoon city

the lagoon city (canonical)
lagoon cities (plural)

Some in the lagoon city are furious, others delighted, as celebrities descend for billionaire’s sort-of nuptials[.]

2025 June 27, Sam Jones, “Till Jeff us do part: divisive, star-studded Bezos wedding hits full swing in Venice”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Nickname for Venice: a port city in Veneto, in northeastern Italy.


Planargia

Phoenician and Punic linguistic influence was restricted to the plains of Campidano and Planargia.

2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 18: