Vatican City

Calque of Italian Città del Vaticano, from Latin Cīvitās Vāticāna (“Vatican City”), referring to the Vatican hill, ultimately from vāticinor (“I prophesy”).

Vatican City State
Vatican City State#English

A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. Official name: Vatican City State.


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 (Neā́polis), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city”) after the relocation of the original Greek settlement in the area. Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Neapoli, and Neapolis. Compare Newton.

doublet

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


Padua

From Italian Padova, 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- (pan-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”) for its natural harbor.

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


Verona

From the Italian Verona and the Latin Vērōna.

Verona

province in the Veneto region of northern Italy

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 straddling the river Adige in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital city of the province of the same name.


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.


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.

A city in northern Italy; capital of Lombardy.


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 denie the courſe of law:
for the commoditie that ſtrangers haue
vvith vs in Venice, if it be denyed,
will much impeach the iuſtice of the ſtate,
ſince that the trade and profit of the citty
conſiſteth of all Nations.

1600, William Shakespeare, The Most Excellent Hiſtorie of the Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene iii

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.


Syracuse

Syracuse (countable and uncountable, plural Syracuses)

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. Compare Sicilian Saragusa.

A city in Sicily, Italy; the former capital of the province.

Sirakuse

city and port in the province of Syracuse, Sicily


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.


Novara

A town, the capital of Novara, Piedmont, Italy.


Alessandria

A city and associated province of Piedmont, Italy.


Bolzano

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

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


Caltanissetta

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


Forli

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


Biella

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


Frosinone

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


Grosseto

A city, the capital of Grosseto province, Tuscany.


Caserta

The capital of Caserta province in Campania, 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”).


Chieti

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


Lodi

A town, the capital of Lodi province, Lombardy.

Lodi

a town and capital of the province of Lodi


L'Aquila

The capital city of L'Aquila province, Italy.


Cagliari

/ˌkæliˈɑːɹi/

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


Arezzo

Borrowed from Italian Arezzo, from Latin Ārrētium, from Etruscan 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌 (aritim).


Bergamo

Bergamo (countable and uncountable, plural Bergamos)

/ˈbɜːɡəˌməʊ/

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


Cuneo

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


Cremona

From Italian Cremona, from Latin Cremōna.


Cremona

A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona in Italy.


Aosta

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

A city, the capital of Valle d'Aosta, Italy.


Agrigento

/ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/

Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).


Lucca

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

Hugh of Lucca - Father of Theodoric of Lucca


Como

A city, the capital of Como province, Lombardy.


Ancona

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

A city and associated province of Marche, Italy.


La Spezia

Borrowed from Italian La Spezia, from Latin Spedia.

A city, the capital of La Spezia, Italy; an important industrial port in northwestern Italy.


Brindisi

Brindisi (countable and uncountable, plural Brindisis)

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


Catania

Catania (countable and uncountable, plural Catanias)

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


Benevento

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


Perugia

Borrowed from Italian Perugia, from Latin Perusia.

A city and associated province of Umbria, Italy.


Brescia

Brescia (countable and uncountable, plural Brescias)

Borrowed from Italian Brescia, Lombard Brèsa.

The capital city of Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy.


Nuoro

Borrowed from Italian Nuoro, related to Nuragic.


Matera

A city, the capital of Matera province, Basilicata.


Potenza

From Italian Potenza. Doublet of potency.

A city, the provincial capital of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy


Ferrara

City, archbishopric and capital of Ferrara.


Vicenza

A city and associated province of Veneto, Italy.


Rovigo

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


Viterbo

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


Piacenza

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

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


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; port on the Ligurian Sea.


Udine

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

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


Treviso

A town, the capital of Treviso province, Italy.


Sassari

A city and associated province of Sardinia, Italy.


Oristano

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


Prato

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


Pordenone

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


Bologna

Bologna (countable and uncountable, plural Bolognas)

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

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


Savona

Savona (countable and uncountable, plural Savonas)

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


Terni

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


Pavia

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


Pescara

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


Rieti

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


Ravenna

Borrowed from Italian Ravenna, from Latin Ravenna.

A city, the county seat of Portage County, Ohio, United States, named after the Italian city.


Salerno

From Italian Salerno, from Latin Salernum.

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


Varese

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


Teramo

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


Pistoia

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


Latina

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Latina.wav

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


Rimini

From Italian Rimini, from Latin Arīminium.

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


Ragusa

Ragusa (countable and uncountable, plural Ragusas)

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


Modena

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

The capital city of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, 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.


Trapani

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


Trieste

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


Trento

Borrowed from Italian Trento. Doublet of trident.

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


Rome

→ Hindi: रोम (rom)

→ Thai: โรม (room)

From Middle English Rome, from Old English Rōm, Rūm, 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 Rum.

der

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 city on the Tiber River on the Italian peninsula; ancient capital of the Roman Empire; capital city of Italy; capital city of the region of Lazio.


Messina

From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene.

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


Alexandria

From Middle 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.

亞歷山卓

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 (Neā́polis), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city”).

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.


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:

Synonym of Florence (“the capital city of Tuscany, Italy”).


Vatican

→ Japanese: バチカン (Bachikan)

Learned borrowing from Latin Vātī̆cānus (“Vatican Hill”), further etymology unknown. The connection to vāticinārī (“to prophesy, oracle”) is folk-etymological.

lbor

A city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. Official name: Vatican City State.


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.


Bari

Borrowed from Italian Bari, ultimately from Latin Barium.

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


Parma

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

Rio Grande County
Rio Grande County#English

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Alamosa County and Rio Grande County, Colorado.

New Madrid County
New Madrid County#English

A minor city in New Madrid County, Missouri.


Pisa

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

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


Rum

From Middle English and Old English, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō under influence from Late Latin Rōma (“Rome; Constantinople; Roman Empire”), from Latin Rōma (“Rome”).

der

(obsolete or archaic) Alternative form of Rome, the capital of Italy.


Leghorn

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

Leghorn was the nearest port of consequence, […] the most likely of any in Italy to assist their plan. (III, ix)

1794, Ann Radcliffe, Mysteries of Udolpho:


Trent

(less common form) Trento, A city in Italy


Rovereto

A city in Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy


Reggio Emilia

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


Reggio Calabria

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

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


Forlì

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


Fiume

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

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


Tivoli

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


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, 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.


Gaeta

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


Caltagirone

en-proper noun

Caltagirone (countable and uncountable, plural Caltagirones)

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


Barletta

Barletta (countable and uncountable, plural Barlettas)

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


Marino

en-prop

Marino (countable and uncountable, plural Marinos)

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


Herculaneum

From Latin Herculaneum, named for the mythical figure Hercules.

(historical) A city in Italy which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin


Castano Primo

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


Aversa

en-proper noun

Aversa (countable and uncountable, plural Aversas)

A city and comune in Caserta province, Campania, 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.


Bitonto

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

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.


Andria

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


Berchidda

Borrowed from Italian Berchidda, from Latin Berquilla.

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


Brixen

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


San Severo

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


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.


Nocera Inferiore

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


Vittorio Veneto

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