Iraq

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Bahrain

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Bhutan

Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)


Algeria

From Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers.

der

اَلْجَزَائِر


Argentina

Borrowed from Spanish Argentina, from Latin argentum (“silver”).


Bulgaria

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


euro

Borrowed from Latin eurus, from Ancient Greek εὖρος (eûros).

sopra ’l golfo / Che riceve da Euro maggior briga

1321 [1308-1320], Alighieri Dante, Divina Commedia [Divine Comedy], volume Paradiso (narrative poem), Canto VIII, lines 68–69:

above the gulf / Which receives more/the most trouble from Eurus

i furori / D’euro che gl’ispidi flutti cavalca

(Can we date this quote?) [1850-1860], Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia, volume II (poem), XXV. A O. T. T., page 38, lines 29–30:

the fury / Of Eurus that the unpopular waves rides

Synonym of scirocco: Eurus (southwest wind)


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Afghanistan

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Indonesia

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Nigeria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Swaziland

(historical) Swaziland (The former name of Eswatini, a country in Southern Africa)


Andorra

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Oman

Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Monaco

it:Comune di Monaco
it:Monaco
it:Principato di Monaco


Monaco

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


Mauritius

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Singapore

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Qatar

Qatar (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Kuwait

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Slovenia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Uruguay

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Uruguay.


Nepal

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Madagascar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


URSS

Initialism of Unione delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche.


Zimbabwe

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.


Nauru

Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Anguilla

Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)


Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Paraguay

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Paraguay.


Yemen

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Uganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Senegal

Senegal (a river on the border between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Seychelles

Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


Armenia

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Iran

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


San Marino

→ Japanese: サンマリノ (San Marino)

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Somalia

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Palau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Dominica

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Benin

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Costa Rica

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Costa Rica.

ubor

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Grenada

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Micronesia

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

Micronesia (A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania)


Barbados

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Eritrea

desc

إِرِيتْرِيَا

→ Arabic: إِرِيتْرِيَا (ʔirītriyā)

→ Arabic: إِرِيتْرِيَا (ʔirītriyā)

→ English: Eritrea

desctree

→ French: Érythrée, Erythrée (semantic loan)
Haitian Creole: Eritre
→ Persian: اریتره (eritre)
→ Turkish: Eritre

→ German: Eritrea

→ New Latin: Erythraea (“Eritrea”) (learned)
→ German: Erythräa

First used 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”).

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Congo

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a region of Central Africa, comprising the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Samoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


Vietnam

Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Nam.


Australia

→⇒ Slavomolisano: Lauštralija

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Georgia

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


Russia

1538, from Medieval Latin Russī (“Russians”). Ultimately from Byzantine Greek Ρωσία (Rōsía).

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Tasmania

Tasmania (a state and island in Australia)


Rio de Janeiro

Borrowed from Portuguese Rio de Janeiro.

A municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former capital of Brazil

Southeast Region
Southeast Region#English


Paraná

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)

Paraná (a state of the South Region, Brazil; capital: Curitiba)


Adelaide

Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)


Brasilia

Distrito Federal
Distrito Federal#English

Brasília (a municipality, the capital city of Brazil; state capital of Distrito Federal, Brazil)


Canberra

Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory#English

Canberra (the capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory)


Sydney

Unadapted borrowing from English Sydney.

(uncountable) Sydney (a major port city, the state capital of New South Wales, Australia, and the most populous city in Australia)

(uncountable) Sydney (a seaport and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada, now part of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Municipality on Cape Breton Island)


Ottawa

Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)


tenno

Borrowed from Japanese 天皇(てんのう) (tennō), from Middle Chinese 天皇 (tʰen ɦwɑŋ) with the original sense of “heavenly sovereign”.


Asia

From Latin Ā̆sia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).

La prima e maggiore parte si chiamò Asia, la quale contiene quasi la metade e più di tutta la terra abitata

1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle], published 1991, III Come si dipartì il mondo in tre parti, e della prima detta Asia.:

The first and largest part [of the world] was named Asia, which comprises nearly more than a half of all inhabited land


Hawaii

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.


mare

From Latin mare, from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Latin language
Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Italic language
it:mare


Madrid

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)


California

California (a state of the United States)


Scandinavia

Borrowed from Latin Scandināvia, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō (“Scadia island”).

der

Scandinavian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula

(politics, cultural, linguistic, etc.) Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively


Parigi

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


Toscana

From Late Latin (terra) Tuscāna (“the land of the Etruscans”), ultimately from tuscus (“Etruscan”).

administrative region
administrative region

Tuscany (an administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna)


Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)


Liguria

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

Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)


Lagos

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”).


Los Angeles

Unadapted borrowing from English Los Angeles.

ubor

A large city in California, United States


Basilicata

Basilicata (an administrative region of southern Italy)


Abruzzo

→ English: Abruzzo

→ Portuguese: Abruzzo

From the Late Latin or Medieval Latin name of the location, Aprutium, possibly from Praetūtium, from the name of the people Praetūtiī.

Abruzzo (an administrative region in central Italy)


Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English:_Q1250

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (an autonomous region in northern Italy)


Trentino-Alto Adige

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English:_Q1237

Trentino-Alto Adige (an autonomous region of northern Italy)


Molise

Adaptation of de Moulins, the name of the noble french family ruling over the area from the XI to the XII century originated in Moulins-la-Marche, ultimately from Latin molinus.

Molise (an administrative region of southern Italy)


Emilia-Romagna

From the former regions Emilia and Romagna, from Latin (via) Aemilia, the Roman road connecting Rome to northern Italy, named after the consul Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Romania, the name of the Eastern Roman Empire applied to Ravenna by the Lombards after the fall of the Western Roman Empire and in the days when Ravenna was a city of the east.

Emilia-Romagna (an administrative region of northern Italy)


Veneto

Veneto (an administrative region of northern Italy, roughly corresponding to the ancient Venetia)


Campania

Campania (an administrative region of southern Italy)


Umbria

After the Umbri, an ancient Italic tribe inhabiting the region.

Umbria (an administrative region in central Italy)


Oslo

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)


Calabria

Calabria (a peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy)


Virginia

Borrowed from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.


Marche

Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)


Tokyo

Borrowed from Japanese 東京 (とうきょう, Tōkyō, literally “Eastern capital”), from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”) + 京 (kjæng, “capital”).

bor+

とうきょう, Tōkyō

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)


Vienna

Of disputed origin. Possibly from the Roman name, Latin Vindobona, or from a Celtic word *Vedunia (“forest stream”), for which compare Proto-Celtic *widus (“woodland”).


Valle d'Aosta

Aosta Valley
Aosta Valley#English:_Q1222

Aosta Valley (an autonomous region of northwestern Italy, with a significant fraction of the population speaking Franco-Provençal)


Manila

Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)


Valencia

Valencian Community
Valencian Community#English

Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain)


New York

Unadapted borrowing from English New York.

ubor

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States)


Andalusia

From the Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس (al-ʔandalus)/الْأَنْدُلُس (al-ʔandulus, “Iberia”), from Late Latin *Vandalicia (“land of the Vandals”).

der

الْأَنْدَلُس

Andalusia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Lao

From Latin Laus, from Ancient Greek Λαός (Laós), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”), common in hydronyms. The first vowel may have derived from an O-grade or from the zero-grade, depending on the language it was borrowed through.


Sofia

Borrowed from Bulgarian София (Sofija, “Sophie, Sophia”), named after the Church of St. Sofia.


italiano

it-noun

italiano m (plural italiani, feminine italiana)

Borrowed from Latin ītaliānus (“Italian”). By surface analysis, Italia (“Italy”) + -ano (“-an”, derivational suffix).

surf

Italian (native or inhabitant of Italy) (male or of unspecified gender)


montagna

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem.


lago

From Old Italian laco, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).


oasi

From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian w-H-A-t:N25 (wḥꜣt, “the Oasis region; oasis”).


Napoli

From Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polis), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city”).

Naples (a province and city in Campania, Italy)


africano

it-noun

africano m (plural africani, feminine africana)

African (native or inhabitant of Africa) (male or of unspecified gender)


America

→⇒ Slavomolisano: Lamerika


scozzese

scozzese m or f by sense (plural scozzesi)


Ticino

Ticino (a left tributary of the Po in Switzerland and Italy)


Italia

desc

→ Arabic: إِيطَالِيَا (ʔīṭāliyā)

→ Arabic: إِيطَالِيَا (ʔīṭāliyā)

→ Japanese: イタリア (Itaria)

→ Korean: 이탈리아 (Itallia)

→ Maltese: Italja

→ Slavomolisano: Litalija

→ Persian: ایتالیا (itâliyâ)

Borrowed from Latin Italia, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).


Cina

From Persian چینی (“Chinese, porcelain”) under influence from Medieval Latin Sina (“China”), q.v., from چین (Čin, “China”) + ـی, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (Čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (Cīna), possibly from Old Chinese 秦 (*zin, “Qin”).

Repubblica Popolare Cinese
Repubblica Popolare Cinese

China. Official name: Repubblica Popolare Cinese


Minnesota

Minnesota (a state of the United States)


Odessa

Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)


Texas

Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.


mar

Apocopic form of mare (“sea”) (used in poetry and in names of some seas)


Puglia

Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)


Sardegna

→ French: Sardaigne

→ Sardinian: Sardigna

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Piemonte

Inherited from Latin Pedemontium (literally “at the foot of mountains”) or Pedemontis, from pēs (“foot”) and mōns (“mountain”).

inh+

Piedmont (an administrative region in the north of Italy)


Lombardia

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

Lombardy (an administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley)


Sicilia

→ Albanian: Sicila

→ Japanese: シチリア

→ Korean: 시칠리아 (sichillia)

→ Ottoman Turkish: سچلیا

Turkish: Sicilya

Sicily (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)


Lazio

Lazio (an administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital)

(historical) Latium (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)


Milano

From Latin Mediōlānum, possibly of Gaulish origin.

Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)

Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)


Torino

→ Translingual: Torino

→ English: Torino

→ Danish: Torino

→ Estonian: Torino

→ Finnish: Torino

→ Japanese: トリノ

→ Turkish: Torino

From the Roman name, Latin Augusta Iulia Taurinorum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini, a Celtic-Ancient Ligurian tribe.

Turin (the capital city of Piedmont, Italy)

Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, Italy)


francese

From Francia + -ese.
Borrowed from Old French franceis.


Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne (a large city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in northeastern England)

Newcastle (a large city in New South Wales, Australia)

Newcastle (a large city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)


capo

From Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput. Doublet of chef.

(geography) cape (especially when capitalised/capitalized in placenames)


Europa

it:52 Europa
it:Europa
it:Europa (Oceanina)
it:Europa (astronomia)
it:Europa (figlia di Agenore)
it:Europa (natante)


kabuki

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 歌舞伎 (kabuki).


Zaire

(historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


romano

it-noun

romano m (plural romani, feminine romana)

From Latin rōmānus. By surface analysis, Roma (“Rome”) + -ano (“of or pertaining to”).


Murray

Unadapted borrowing from English Murray.

A census-designated place in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

census-designated place
census-designated place

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English


Murray

a placename:
A major river in southeastern Australia

A minor river in Stewart Island, New Zealand


New Jersey

Unadapted borrowing from English New Jersey.

ubor

New Jersey (a state of the United States)


laguna

desctree

→ French: lagune
→ Danish: lagune
→ Dutch: lagune
→ English: lagoon

→ Portuguese: laguna

→ Romanian: lagună

From earlier *lacuna, from Latin lacūna.


fiume

Questo fiume di luce, di vita, di pace e di amore per la Madre di Dio, ha generato gruppi di preghiera ovunque.

This river of light, peace and love for the Mother of God has generated prayer groups everywhere.


Siria

From Latin Syria, from Ancient Greek Συρία (Suría).

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Grecia

Borrowed from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


vulcano

→ Albanian: vullkan

→ Aragonese: bolcán

→ Asturian: volcán

→ Azerbaijani: vulkan

→ Belarusian: вулкан (vulkan)

→ Bulgarian: вулкан (vulkan)

→ Corsican: volcanu, vulcanu

→ Czech: vulkán

→ Danish: vulkan

→ Emilian: vulcan

→ English: volcano, vulcano (obsolete)
Bislama: volkeno
→ Scottish Gaelic: bholcàno
→ Swahili: volkano, volkeno

→ Friulian: vulcan

→ Galician: volcán

→ Georgian: ვულკანი (vulḳani)

→ German: Vulkan
→ Hungarian: vulkán

→ Latvian: vulkāns

→ Luxembourgish: Vulkan

→ Macedonian: вулкан (vulkan)

→ Manx: volcaan

→ Middle Dutch: vulcaen

Dutch: vulkaan
Afrikaans: vulkaan

→ Mirandese: bulcon

→ Norwegian: vulkan

→ Northern Kurdish: volkan

→ Neapolitan: vurcano

→ Piedmontese: vulcan

→ Polish: wulkan

→ Portuguese: vulcão

→ Romanian: vulcan

→ Romansch: vulcan

→ Russian: вулкан (vulkan)

→ Sardinian: vulcanu, burcanu

→ Serbo-Croatian: vulkan / вулкан

→ Slovak: vulkán

→ Slovene: vulkan

→ Spanish: volcán (see there for further descendants)

→ Swedish: vulkan

→ Ukrainian: вулкан (vulkan)

→ Uzbek: vulkan, vulqon

→ Venetan: volcan

→ Walloon: volcan

→ West Frisian: fulkaan

→ Yiddish: וווּלקאַן (vulkan)


tedesco

it-adj

tedesco (feminine tedesca, masculine plural tedeschi, feminine plural tedesche)

tedesca (feminine)
tedeschi (masculine plural)
tedesche (feminine plural)

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin theodiscus, from a Germanic language, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people, popular, vernacular”), from *þeudō (“people”) + *-iskaz (“-ish, -ic, -al”). The Old English form is þēodisċ, the Old High German one diutisc (attested ca. 1090 in the Annolied). Compare also Friulian todesc, archaic or regional French thiois, Sicilian tudiscu.


Iberia

Iberian peninsula
Iberian peninsula#English

Iberia, the Iberian peninsula (A region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar)


spagnolo

it-adj

spagnolo (feminine spagnola, masculine plural spagnoli, feminine plural spagnole)

spagnola (feminine)
spagnoli (masculine plural)
spagnole (feminine plural)

From Spagna (“Spain”) + -olo (“derivative suffix”), possibly also from Old Occitan espaignol, from a Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus, from Latin Hispānus. Compare French espagnol, Portuguese espanhol, Spanish español. Doublet of épagneul.


spagnolo

it-noun

spagnolo m (plural spagnoli, feminine spagnola)


spagnolo

q

along with French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">espagnol</i>

→ Romanian: spaniol (along with French espagnol)


New Hampshire

Unadapted borrowing from English New Hampshire.

ubor

New Hampshire (a state of the United States)


Massachusetts

Massachusetts (a state of the United States)


Rhode Island

Unadapted borrowing from English Rhode Island.

Rhode Island (a state of the United States)


Vermont

Unadapted borrowing from English Vermont.


Connecticut

Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.

Connecticut (a state of the United States)


Wyoming

Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming.


Wisconsin

Unadapted borrowing from English Wisconsin.

Wisconsin (a state of the United States)


Nevada

Borrowed from English Nevada, from Spanish nevada (“snow-covered”, feminine).


Colorado

Borrowed from English Colorado, from Spanish colorado.


Kent

the former name of Kentfield, a census-designated place in Marin County, California

Republican Township
Republican Township#English

Jefferson County
Jefferson County#English

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana

A former city and census-designated place in Union County, Iowa


Arkansas

Unadapted borrowing from English Arkansas.


Mississippi

Mississippi (a river in the United States)

Mississippi (a state of the United States)


Tennessee

Tennessee (a state of the United States)


Washington

Unadapted borrowing from English Washington.

Washington (a state of the United States)

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


caldera

Borrowed from Spanish caldera. Doublet of caldaia.


penisola

it-noun

penisola f (plural penisole, diminutive penisolétta)

penisole (plural)
penisolétta (diminutive)

From Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”) + īnsula (“island”).


Chicago

Borrowed from English, from Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp; striped skunk”), via the French transcription Chécagou.


inglese

it-noun

inglese m or f by sense (plural inglesi)

(in the plural) English people, British people, the English, the British


Nuova Scozia

From nuova (feminine of nuovo (“new”)) + Scozia (“Scotland”); calque of Latin Nova Scotia.

af

feminine of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">nuovo</i> (“new”)


Scozia

Borrowed from Latin Scōtia, after the population of Scōtī, a term of possible Celtic origin.

Scotland (a country in the United Kingdom, Europe)


stretto

it-adj

stretto (feminine stretta, masculine plural stretti, feminine plural strette, superlative strettissimo)

stretta (feminine)
stretti (masculine plural)
strette (feminine plural)
strettissimo (superlative)

From Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō.


Spagna

→ Albanian: Spanjë

From Latin Hispānia, from a Phoenician or Punic root.

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Inghilterra

desc

إِنْجِلْتِرَا

→ Arabic: إِنْجِلْتِرَا (ʔinjiltirā)

→ Maltese: Ingilterra

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: انكلتره
> Turkish: İngiltere (inherited)
→ Azerbaijani: İngiltərə

(erroneous, by extension) the United Kingdom


Giappone

Borrowed from French Japon, from Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, “sun origin”).


Ucraina

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


ghiacciaio

Calque of French glacier as ghiaccio + -aio.


Londra

→ Maltese: Londra

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: لوندره (Londra)
Turkish: Londra

→ Romanian: Londra

London (the capital city of England, United Kingdom)


Egitto

→ Maltese: Eġittu

From Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, literally “the temple of the ka of Ptah”), referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis.

der

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Cipro

Via Latin Cyprus, from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Svizzera

Albanian: Zvicër, Zvicra; Gheg Albanian: Zvicërr, Zvicrra

Armenian: Զվիցերիա (Zvicʻeria)

Maltese: Żvizzera, Iżvizzera

Ottoman Turkish: اسویچره (İsviçre), ازویچره (İzviçere)

Turkish: İsviçre

From Early New High German Schwytzer (“a Swiss person”, modern German Schweizer). Compare English Switzer.

bor

modern German <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Schweizer</i>

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Germania

Repubblica Federale Tedesca
Repubblica Federale Tedesca#Italian

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany; official name: Repubblica Federale Tedesca)


Croazia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Belgio

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Venezia

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)

Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)


Serbia

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Baviera

→ Armenian: Պավիերա (Paviera)


Montenegro

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Colonia

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)


Don

Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia)


Marocco

From Arabic مَرّاكُش (marrākuš), from Berber, of uncertain derivation but often thought to mean “Land of God”. The word originally referred to the capital city of Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world both in Islamic and European languages.


Mosca

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


Canton

Borrowed from Portuguese Cantão, from Mandarin 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng).

Guangzhou (the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China)


Canton

several other places in the United States:

A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania


Parma

From Latin Parma, from Etruscan 𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌌𐌄 (parme).


Po

Ultimately from Latin Padus, perhaps borrowed in this form from some Gallo-Italic variety to judge by the loss of /-d-/. On the other hand, should one assume that said loss occurred (irregularly) in Tuscany, the sound-changes from that point onward would be fairly straightforward: /ˈpa.o/ > /ˈpaw/ > /ˈpɔ/.


Orange

From French Orange, from Old French Orenge, from Medieval Latin Aurasica, from Latin Aurasiō, from Gaulish.


Stella

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English


Shanghai

Borrowed from Mandarin 上海 (Shànghǎi, literally “Upon-the-Sea”).

bor+

Shanghai (a major port city and direct-administered municipality of China, the largest urban area in China)


Norvegia

From Medieval Latin Norvegia, from Old Norse Norvegr (“north way”) (see Norway).

Norway (a country in Scandinavia, in northern Europe)


taiwanese

it-noun

taiwanese m or f by sense (plural taiwanesi)


Berlino

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


monte

(geomorphology, orography) mountain, mount


Corsica

From Latin Corsica, from Ancient Greek Κορσική (Korsikḗ).

administrative region
administrative region

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Nilo

From Latin Nīlus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).


Seul

Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).


Severn

From Latin Sabrina, from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā.


Volga

Volga (A river in Russia, the longest river in Europe, flowing 2,325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea)


Adige

From Latin Athesem, presumably borrowed via Gallo-Italic.


istmo

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck”).

(geography) isthmus (narrow strip of land)


oceano

Borrowed from Latin ōceanus, from the name of the deity Ōceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeanós).


Bruxelles

Unadapted borrowing from French Bruxelles.


Cantabria

autonomous community
autonomous community

Cantabria (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Kosovo

Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Tevere

Quanto sei bella Roma / Quanto sei bella Roma a prima sera / Er Tevere te serve / Er Tevere te serve da cintura

1934, C. A. Bixio, E. Bonagura, F. A. De Torres (lyrics and music), “Quanto sei bella Roma”:


Tour de France

Borrowed from French Tour de France (literally “Tour of France”).

bor+

(cycling) Tour de France (annual cycling race through France)


Zurigo

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


rupia

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), variant of रुपया (rupyā)/Urdu رپیا (rupyā), from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”).


rupia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “dirt, filth”).


Chandler

Unadapted borrowing from English Chandler.

ubor

A river
A river in Alaska, United States

A river
A river in New South Wales, Australia


piscina

→ Greek: πισίνα (pisína)

plunge pool (plunge basin or waterfall lake or deep depression at the base of a waterfall)


Svezia

Ottoman Turkish: اسوج (İsvec)

Turkish: İsveç


landa

From Vulgar Latin *landa, from Gaulish *landā, from Proto-Celtic *landā. Compare French lande.


Paesi Bassi

i Paesi Bassi (canonical masculine plural)

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Annam

Borrowed from Vietnamese An Nam, from Chinese 安南 (Ānnán).


ripa

From Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”). Doublet of riva.


Pechino

Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


rio

From Vulgar Latin rius, from Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós. Doublet of rivo.


L'Aia

From Dutch Den Haag, through French La Haye.


Orlando

Orlando (a city, the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States, see Orlando, Florida)


bricco

Borrowed from Ligurian bric, from Proto-Celtic *brixs (“hill”). Doublet of borgo.


Corea

Korea (two countries of East Asia, North Korea and South Korea; the peninsula containing these two countries)


canale

→ German: Kanal

desctree

→ Polish: kanał
→ Russian: канава (kanava)
→ Azerbaijani: qanov
→ Bezhta: канав (kanav)
→ Finnish: kanava
→ Komi-Zyrian: канава (kanava)
→ Votic: kanavõ
→ Ukrainian: канава (kanava)


Kirghizistan

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)


fonte

Inherited from Latin fontem m, of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Poco oltre, a una cinquantina di chilometri dalla fonte, il fiume termina la sua corsa gettandosi nelle acque del Reno.

A little further on, about fifty kilometres from its source, the river ends its course, as it flows into the Reno.

source, spring (where a body of water emerges)


collina

From Late Latin collīna, from the feminine of Latin collīnus, from collis (“hill”) + -ina, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”).


Nuova Zelanda

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Interlaken

Unadapted borrowing from German Interlaken.


Sutherland

A census-designated place in Millard County, Utah, United States


Porto Rico

Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)


Praga

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


Mozambico

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Stretto di Messina

lo Stretto di Messina (canonical masculine)


siciliano

it-adj

siciliano (feminine siciliana, masculine plural siciliani, feminine plural siciliane)

siciliana (feminine)
siciliani (masculine plural)
siciliane (feminine plural)


siciliano

it-noun

siciliano m (plural siciliani, feminine siciliana)


greca

meander, Greek key, Greek fret, fretwork


Erzegovina

From Serbo-Croatian Хѐрцеговина (Hèrcegovina).

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="sh">Hèrcegovina</i>


Bosnia-Erzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Giordania

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Danubio

Learned borrowing from Latin Dānubius, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).


Stati Uniti d'America

it-proper noun

Stati Uniti d'America m pl (plural only)

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Gran Bretagna

(extensively, mistakenly) the United Kingdom

extensively; mistakenly; extensively; mistakenly


Regno Unito

Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord


Stati Uniti

From stati + uniti. Calque of English United States.

United States (a country in North America)


andorrano

it-noun

andorrano m (plural andorrani, feminine andorrana)

Andorran (native or inhabitant of Andorra) (male or of unspecified gender)


Senna

From the placenames Senna Comasco and Senna Lodigiana in Lombardy, possibly from the Etruscan personal name 𐌔𐌄𐌌𐌍𐌀 (semna). Also from the noun senna (“cassia tree”).


britannico

it-adj

britannico (feminine britannica, masculine plural britannici, feminine plural britanniche)

britannica (feminine)
britannici (masculine plural)
britanniche (feminine plural)

From Latin britannicus, from Ancient Greek βρεττανικός (brettanikós).


Stivale

From stivale (“boot”), after the shape of the peninsula.


riva

Ultimately from Latin rīpa. In this specific form, on account of its /v/, perhaps borrowed from Gallo-Italic or Old French.


sino-

From Medieval Latin Sina (“China”), from Latin Sinae (“the Southern Chinese; Southern China”), from Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai), q.v. Doublet of cino-.


Indo

From Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós).


Wuhan

Wuhan (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Hubei, China)


baia

Borrowed from French baie, of uncertain origin.


golfo

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). Doublet of colpo.


Nizza

From Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”).

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Nice (a coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)


croato

it-adj

croato (feminine croata, masculine plural croati, feminine plural croate)

croata (feminine)
croati (masculine plural)
croate (feminine plural)


croato

it-noun

croato m (plural croati, feminine croata)


Islanda

From Icelandic Ísland, from Old Norse Ísland (literally “land of ice”). Compare English Iceland.

der

Iceland (an island and country in Europe; capital and largest city: Reykjavík)


Israele

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


israeliano

it-adj

israeliano (feminine israeliana, masculine plural israeliani, feminine plural israeliane)

israeliana (feminine)
israeliani (masculine plural)
israeliane (feminine plural)


israeliano

it-noun

israeliano m (plural israeliani, feminine israeliana)

israeliani (plural)
israeliana (feminine)


lituano

it-adj

lituano (feminine lituana, masculine plural lituani, feminine plural lituane)

lituana (feminine)
lituani (masculine plural)
lituane (feminine plural)


lituano

it-noun

lituano m (plural lituani, feminine lituana)


belga

belga m or f by sense (masculine plural belgi, feminine plural belghe)

belgi (masculine plural)
belghe (feminine plural)

Belgian (native or inhabitant of Belgium)


veneziano

Venetian (form of Venetan language spoken in Venice)


sorgente

From the present participle of sorgere, indicating 'water that rises up'.


brughiera

Borrowed from Occitan bruguièra, from Early Medieval Latin brūgāria. By surface analysis, brugo + -iera.


Turchia

Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


Olanda

Ultimately from Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”).

Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Maldive

Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)


finlandese

finlandese m or f by sense (plural finlandesi)


alcazar

Borrowed from Spanish alcázar, from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with castello and cassero.


Salvatore

From Latin Salvātōrem (“savior”). Compare Sicilian Sarbaturi, Spanish Salvador.

Salvador (a municipality, the state capital of Bahia, Brazil)


Giudecca

From giudecca (“Jewish ghetto”), from Medieval Latin iudeca, from Latin iūdaica, feminine form of iūdaicus (“Judaic, Jewish”), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah, Judas”).

Giudecca (long island in the Venetian Lagoon)


Transnistria

Transnistria (a breakaway country in Moldova)


Birmania

Ultimately derived from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).


Morava

Borrowed from Czech Morava, from Latin Marus.


Catalogna

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Giamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Principato di Monaco

Principality of Monaco
Principality of Monaco#English

Principality of Monaco (a city-state in Western Europe)


Repubblica Democratica del Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Congo-Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Giordano

Borrowed from Latin Iordanus, from Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén).

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


Congo-Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Kazakistan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


basco

it-adj

basco (feminine basca, masculine plural baschi, feminine plural basche)

basca (feminine)
baschi (masculine plural)
basche (feminine plural)


Timor Est

East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)


romeno

it-noun

romeno m (plural romeni, feminine romena)

Based on Romanian român, itself from Latin romānus, whence also Italian romano (“Roman”).


Eufrate

From Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (ʰUfrātuš), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (purattu), itself from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Buranun). Related is Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-tu-iš) (cf. Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ (P(ə)rāṯ)).


Odra

the Oder, a river of central Europe that flows from the Czech Republic through Poland and Germany to the Baltic Sea


pantano

→ Catalan: pantà

→ Spanish: pantano

→ Portuguese: pântano

Probably from the pre-Roman Italic name Pantanus, the name of a lake in antiquity.


Tailandia

Alternative spelling of Thailandia: Thailand (a country in Southeast Asia)


catalano

it-adj

catalano (feminine catalana, masculine plural catalani, feminine plural catalane)

catalana (feminine)
catalani (masculine plural)
catalane (feminine plural)


Gibilterra

Ultimately from Arabic جَبَل طَارِق (jabal ṭāriq), with contamination of terra (“land”).

der

جَبَل طَارِق

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


Arabia Saudita

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Etna

Borrowed from 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 *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).


Libano

Borrowed from Latin Libanus, from Ancient Greek Λίβανος (Líbanos), from a Semitic source.

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Costa d'Avorio

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Brasile

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


altopiano

it-noun

altopiano m (plural altopiani or altipiani)


Roma

→ Burmese: ရောမ (rau:ma.)

q

perhaps via Portuguese <i class="Latn mention" lang="pt">Roma</i>

→ Japanese: ローマ (Rōma) (perhaps via Portuguese Roma)

→ Korean: 로마 (roma)


Filippine

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Sudafrica

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Repubblica Centrafricana

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Azerbaigian

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


montenegrino

it-adj

montenegrino (feminine montenegrina, masculine plural montenegrini, feminine plural montenegrine)

montenegrina (feminine)
montenegrini (masculine plural)
montenegrine (feminine plural)


montenegrino

it-noun

montenegrino m (plural montenegrini, feminine montenegrina)

montenegrini (plural)
montenegrina (feminine)


Figi

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Capo Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Papua Nuova Guinea

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Comore

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)


Maurizio

Alternative form of Mauritius: Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)


Emirati Arabi Uniti

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Repubblica del Congo

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English:_Q971

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Repubblica Dominicana

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Guinea Equatoriale

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


bretone

bretone m or f by sense (plural bretoni)

From Latin Brittōnem (“Briton; Breton”).

Breton (native or inhabitant of Brittany)


Repubblica Ceca

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


Isole Marshall

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Isole Salomone

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


Saint Vincent e Grenadine

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Trinidad e Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands in the Caribbean)


Santa Lucia

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Città del Vaticano

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


São Tomé e Príncipe

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese São Tomé e Príncipe (literally “Saint Thomas and Prince”), after the Prince of Portugal.

ubor

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)

Prince of Portugal
it:São Tomé e Príncipe


italianizzare

it-verb

italianizzàre (first-person singular present italianìzzo, first-person singular past historic italianizzài, past participle italianizzàto, auxiliary avére)

italianizzàre (canonical)
italianìzzo (first-person present singular)
italianizzài (first-person historic past singular)
italianizzàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
italianizzàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
italianizzàndo (gerund)
italianizzànte (participle present)
italianizzàto (participle past)
italianìzzo (first-person indicative present singular)
italianìzzi (indicative present second-person singular)
italianìzza (indicative present singular third-person)
italianizziàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
italianizzàte (indicative plural present second-person)
italianìzzano (indicative plural present third-person)
italianizzàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
italianizzàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
italianizzàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
italianizzavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
italianizzavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
italianizzàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
italianizzài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
italianizzàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
italianizzò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
italianizzàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
italianizzàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
italianizzàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
italianizzerò (first-person future indicative singular)
italianizzerài (future indicative second-person singular)
italianizzerà (future indicative singular third-person)
italianizzerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
italianizzeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
italianizzerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
italianizzerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
italianizzerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
italianizzerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
italianizzerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
italianizzerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
italianizzeréste (conditional plural present second-person)
italianizzerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
italianizzerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
italianìzzi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
italianìzzi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
italianìzzi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
italianizziàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
italianizziàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
italianìzzino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
italianizzàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
italianizzàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
italianizzàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
italianizzàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
italianizzàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
italianizzàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
italianìzza (imperative second-person singular)
italianìzzi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
italianizziàmo (first-person imperative plural)
italianizzàte (imperative plural second-person)
italianìzzino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
italianizzàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
italianìzzi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
italianizziàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
italianizzàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
italianìzzino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From italiano (“Italian”) + -izzare (“-ize”).

(transitive) to Italianize (customs, language, etc.)


Farnesina

From the Palazzo della Farnesina in which it is housed.


Barcellona

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)


Bretagna

administrative region
administrative region

Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)


fiordo

From Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fjǫrðr.


Usa

Proteste contro gli Usa.


Copenaghen

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Marsiglia

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


Acheronte

From Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn).

(Greek mythology) Acheron (the river of the Underworld)


estuario

From Latin aestuārium, from aestus "tide".


Edimburgo

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)


Strasburgo

Strasbourg (the capital city of the Bas-Rhin department, France; capital city of the region of Grand Est)


Siviglia

Borrowed from Spanish Sevilla, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “plain, valley”).

der

إِشْبِيلِيَة

Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya)

Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)


San Pietroburgo

Ultimately from Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrg). By surface analysis, San Pietro (“Saint Peter”) + -burgo.

Санкт-Петербу́рг

surf

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia), and former capital (1732–1918).


Savoia

Through an intermediate *Sabau(d)ja, from Latin Sabaudia.


Portorico

Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)


Paesi Baschi

autonomous community
autonomous community

Basque Country (an autonomous community of Spain)


Nuovo Messico

New Mexico (a state of the United States)


Nuova Orleans

New Orleans (a city in Louisiana, United States)


Norimberga

Nuremberg (a major city in Bavaria, Germany)


cineseria

From cinese + -eria, calque of French chinoiserie.

chinoiserie (European Chinese-style art)


Egeo

Borrowed from Latin aegaeus, from Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖος (Aigaîos).

Ellipsis of il mare Egeo (“the Aegean Sea”)


fiumara

→ English: fiumara

(archaic) Synonym of fiumana (“torrent; flood; crowd”)


Stoccarda

Stuttgart (the capital and largest city of Baden-Württemberg, Germany)


Zagabria

Zagreb (the capital and largest city of Croatia)


Elba

From Old High German Elba, descending from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river”).


Normandia

Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


moscovita

it-noun

moscovita m or f by sense (masculine plural moscoviti, feminine plural moscovite)

moscoviti (masculine plural)
moscovite (feminine plural)

From Moscovia (ancient name of Moscow) + -ita (“-ite”).


Val Gardena

Cognate with Ladin Gherdëina, from an earlier Latin toponym Gredine.

a region in the Dolomites of South Tyrol


Caraibi

From Spanish Caribe, from a Taíno or Kalinago term corresponding to karifuna (“Kalinago person”) in modern Kalinago, a borrowing from a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Compare Kari'na karìna (“Carib person”).
The word came through French Caraïbes (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /kaʁaˈib/) and English Caribe (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /kæɹˈaɪbiː/).

IPA

IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /kæɹˈaɪbiː/


Galizia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”).

Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Amburgo

Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)

Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)


Francoforte

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)


Frisia

Friesland (a province of the Netherlands)


eurodeputato

it-noun

eurodeputato m (plural eurodeputati, feminine eurodeputata)

eurodeputati (plural)
eurodeputata (feminine)


Epiro

From Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros, “mainland”).


europarlamentare

it-noun

europarlamentare m or f by sense (plural europarlamentari)


Brema

Bremen (the capital city of the state of Bremen, Germany)


Martinica

Martinique (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean)


italo

it-adj

italo (feminine itala, masculine plural itali, feminine plural itale)

itala (feminine)
itali (masculine plural)
itale (feminine plural)

in un tempio accolte ¶ serbi l'itale glorie

1807, Ugo Foscolo, Dei Sepolcri, Molini, Landi e comp., published 1809, page 15:

gathered in a temple you keep the Italian glories

[…] non fien da' lacci sciolte ¶ dell'antico sopor l'itale menti ¶ s'ai patrii esempi della prisca etade ¶ questa terra fatal non si rivolga.

1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “II. Sul monumento di Dante [About Dante's monument]”, in Canti^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Indice:Canti_(Leopardi_-_Donati).djvu), Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 18, lines 3–6:

[…] they may not be freed from the snares of their age-old drowsiness, the Italian minds, if to the country's examples of the ancient age this great land will not return.

Itala gente da le molte vite, ¶ dove che albeggi la tua notte e un’ombra ¶ vagoli spersa de’ vecchi anni, vedi ¶ ivi il poeta.

1898, Giosuè Carducci, Rime e ritmi [Rhymes and rhythms], collected in Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 1012:

Italian people with many lives, wherever your night dawns and a shadow of old years wanders around lost, there you see the poet.


Campidoglio

From Latin Capitōlium, perhaps folk-etymologized as campi d'oglio (“fields of oglio”), with the last element taken as some kind of proper name or oglio, the local dialectal word for “oil”.

the Capitoline Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome


Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung (a city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan)


fiumano

it-noun

fiumano m (plural fiumani, feminine fiumana)

Fiume (Italian name of Rijeka) + -ano (“-an”, relational adjective suffix)

suffix

Rijekan (native or inhabitant of Rijeka (in Croatia)) (male or of unspecified gender)


Monaco di Baviera

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


nordirlandese

From nord (“North”) + irlandese (“Irish”).


nordirlandese

it-noun

nordirlandese m or f by sense (plural nordirlandesi)


head

Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord or Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna ed Irlanda del Nord m

(official, rare) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

it:Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord


Bermude

Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)


Asturie

Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


lago Erie

Lake Erie (a lake in Canada and United States)


Anversa

Borrowed from French Anvers, from Dutch Antwerpen.

Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)


Tirreno

Short for Mar Tirreno (“Tyrrhenian Sea”).


Mediterraneo

From Mar Mediterraneo, from mediterraneo, from Latin mediterraneus.


Aquitania

Aquitaine (a historical region in France)


San Paolo

São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil)


San Paolo

Southeast Region
Southeast Region#English

São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)


cino-

Back-formation from cinese (“Chinese”), from Cina + -ese. Doublet of sino-.


cinesino

(informal) gym cone (the ones resembling the traditional chinese hat)


mesoamericano

it-adj

mesoamericano (feminine mesoamericana, masculine plural mesoamericani, feminine plural mesoamericane)

mesoamericana (feminine)
mesoamericani (masculine plural)
mesoamericane (feminine plural)


Ardo

a small river that crosses Belluno in Veneto


apparatcik

Unadapted borrowing from Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”).


Aragona

Aragon (an autonomous community of Spain)


Baleari

Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands#English

Balearic Islands (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Baltimora

Baltimore (the largest city in Maryland, United States)


Danzica

Borrowed from German Danzig, from Polish Gdańsk.


Delo

From Latin Delos, from Ancient Greek Δῆλος (Dêlos).


Luisiana

Louisiana (a state of the United States)


Eleusi

From Latin Eleusis, from Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίς (Eleusís).


Estremadura

Extremadura (an autonomous community of Spain)


Antigua e Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Filadelfia

Philadelphia (a large city in Pennsylvania, United States)


Flegetonte

From Latin Phlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Φλεγέθων (Phlegéthōn).


Gange

Borrowed from Latin Gangēs, from Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs).


Mosa

From Latin Mosa, from Celtic, deriving from Proto-Celtic *mosā.


Guadalupa

Guadeloupe (an island in the northeastern edge of the Caribbean Sea)

Guadeloupe (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, including the island of Guadeloupe)


Eritreo

From eritreo, from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), as it was used in Erythraeum mare (“the Erythraean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Dall' Atlantico Mare all' Eritreo

1823, Divino Inno di Mosè dopo passato l'Eritreo:

1832, Il Cantico di Mosè dopo il passaggio dell'Eritreo:

Ellipsis of il mare Eritreo (“the Erythraean Sea”)


Sud Sudan

South Sudan (a country in East Africa, formerly the southern part of Sudan)


Lione

Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Lilla

Borrowed from French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”).

Lille (the capital city of the Nord department, France; capital city of the region of Hauts-de-France)


Meandro

From Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).


Piramo

From Latin Pyrămus, from Ancient Greek Πύραμος (Púramos).


Giro d'Italia

(cycling) Giro d'Italia (annual cycling race in Italy)


Vuelta a España

Borrowed from Spanish Vuelta a España (literally “Tour of Spain”).

bor+

(cycling) Vuelta a España (annual cycling race in Spain)


Quirinale

From Latin [collem] Quirīnālem (“Quirinal hill”). By surface analysis, Quirino (“Quirinus”) + -ale (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).

surf

the Quirinal Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome

Palazzo del Quirinale
Palazzo del Quirinale#Italian

(metonymically) Ellipsis of Palazzo del Quirinale., the Quirinal Palace in Rome, residence of the President of the Italian Republic


Renania-Palatinato

Rhineland-Palatinate (a state of Germany)


Groninga

Groningen (a province of the Netherlands)


Scamandro

From Latin Scamander, from Ancient Greek Σκάμανδρος (Skámandros).


Dusseldorf

Unadapted borrowing from German Düsseldorf.

ubor

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Düsseldorf (the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Valle dei Re

Valley of the Kings (Egyptian valley known for its tombs)


Seicelle

Alternative form of Seychelles: Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


Tessaglia

From Ancient Greek Θεσσαλία (Thessalía).


Tigri

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris).


Tiberiade

Latin Tiberias, itself from the Emperor's name Tiberius (in Ancient Greek Τιβέριος (Tibérios)) with the suffix Ancient Greek -άς (-ás, “female patronymic or relational suffix”)


Uffizi

Literally, “Offices” (plural of uffizio), as this was the building's original function.


trullo

From Byzantine Greek τροῦλλος (troûllos), from Latin trulla.

I trulli sono costruzioni in pietra dalla base circolare, a volte quadrangolare, sormontate da cupole di forma conica.

2004, Giovanni Francesio, Italia del sud: Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Touring Editore, page 90:

Trulli are stone buildings with a circular base, sometimes quadrangular, topped by conical cupolas.

a type of conical stone-roofed house in Apulia (especially in Alberobello)


Tolosa

From Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin.

Toulouse (the capital city of the Haute-Garonne department, France; capital city of the region of Occitanie)


Viminale

Palazzo del Viminale
w:it:Palazzo del Viminale

Italian Ministry of the Interior (housed in the Palazzo del Viminale)


torre Eiffel

Named after its architect Gustave Eiffel.


villancico

Borrowed from Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)


Cocito

From Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, “lamentation”).


Acquacheta

Acquacheta (a river that flows through Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, Italy)


Aventino

the Aventine Hill (one of the Seven hills of Rome)


Lamone

A small town in Lugano district, Ticino canton, Switzerland


Savena

a river that flows through Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna


Piave

A river in Veneto that was the scene of heavy fighting in World War I


Venoge

A river in Switzerland that flows into Lake Geneva


Verzasca

a river, and associated valley, in Ticino


Lonza

A river in Switzerland that is a tributary of the Rhone


Carelia

From Medieval Latin Carelia, Latinized from Swedish Karelen, Finnish Karjala, ultimately from an earlier Finnic endonym.

Karelia (historical Nordic Baltic-Finnic ethnocultural region, now divided along the frontiers of eastern Finland and northwestern Russia)


Mar Morto

Dead Sea (a highly saline lake in Israel, Palestine and Jordan)


nizioleto

Borrowed from Venetan niçiołeto, nisiołeto, a diminutive of niçioło, nisioło (“cloth; bedsheet”), from Latin linteolum (“linen cloth”). By surface analysis, lenzuolo + -etto.

(Venice) a type of Venetian street sign painted directly on the plaster of walls


edochiano

it-noun

edochiano m (plural edochiani, feminine edochiana)

From Japanese 江戸っ子 (えどっこ, edokko, “true Tokyoite”, from 江戸 (えど, Edo), ancient name for Tokyo) + -iano (“-ian”).

der

from <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">江戸</i> (えど, Edo), ancient name for Tokyo

Nella seconda metà del periodo Meiji Tokyo cambia, perdendo via via la sua dimensione di città d'acqua, che aveva caratterizzato la vita degli edochiani.

1988, Urbanistica, Edizioni 90-93, Istituto nazionale di urbanistica, page 82:

Tokyo changes during the second half of the Meiji Period, as its dimension as a “water city”, that had characterized the life of Tokyoites, fades away.

(chiefly literary) Tokyoite (native or inhabitant of Tokyo (ancient Edo)) (male or of unspecified gender)


Adda

a tributary of the river Po in northern Italy


Negroponte

By rebracketing of the phrase στὸν Εὔριπον ("to Evripos") as στὸ Νεὔριπον ("to Nevripos"), thence Negroponte ("Black Bridge" in Italian) by folk etymology, the bridge being interpreted as the bridge of Chalcis.


Guadiana

Borrowed from Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).

Guadiana (a river in Spain and Portugal)


pomerano

it-adj

pomerano (feminine pomerana, masculine plural pomerani, feminine plural pomerane)

pomerana (feminine)
pomerani (masculine plural)
pomerane (feminine plural)


Cechia

(rare) Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


Sturla

the name of two rivers that flow in Liguria


Virginia Occidentale

West Virginia (a state of the United States)


Bosnia ed Erzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Carolina del Sud

South Carolina (a state of the United States)


Carolina del Nord

North Carolina (a state of the United States)


Cossovo

Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Avisio

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English


Meduna

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English


Agogna

a river that flows in Piedmont and Lombardy


Chiese

From Latin Clesis, variation of Clūsius.


Dora Baltea

a river that flows in Valle d'Aosta and Piedmont


Magra

a river that flows in Tuscany and Liguria


Dora Riparia

From Latin Duria. "Riparia" comes from Ripa, the name of an affluent, and it's used to distinguish this river from the Dora Baltea.


Mannu

the name of two rivers that flow in Sardinia


Simeto

From Latin Symaethus, from Ancient Greek Σύμαιθος (Súmaithos).


Ciane

From Latin Cyane, from Ancient Greek Κυάνη (Kuánē).


Ippari

From Latin Hipparis, from Ancient Greek Ἵππαρις (Hípparis).


Anapo

From Latin Anapus, from Ancient Greek Ἄναπος (Ánapos).


Imera

From Latin Himera, from Ancient Greek Ἱμέρα (Himéra).


Tirso

From Latin Thyrsus, from Ancient Greek Θύρσος (Thúrsos).


Enza

Borrowed from Emilian, from Latin Incia.
The given name is Enzo + -a, ultimately of Germanic origin.


Naro

Disputed. Theorized origins include:
* Ancient Greek ναρόν (narón, “current”)
* Ancient Greek νηρόν (nērón) / νερόν (nerón), both meaning "water"
* Arabic نَهَر (nahar, “river”)


Alcantara

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَنْطَرَة (al-qanṭara, “the bridge”).

bor+

اَلْقَنْطَرَة


Lemene

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia

a river that flows in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia


Zermagna

The river Zrmanja that flows in Croatia.


Rio delle Amazzoni

rio delle Amazzoni (canonical masculine)


Peneo

From Latin Peneus, from Ancient Greek Πηνειός (Pēneiós).


Oronte

From Latin Orontes, from Ancient Greek Ὀρόντης (Oróntēs).


Stura

name of various rivers that flow in Piedmont


Boiana

the river Bojana that flows between Albania and Montenegro


Mera

a river that flows in Switzerland and Lombardy


Zeglia

From Slovene Zilja (the Slovene name for the river).

the old Italian name of the river Gail, that flows in Austria


Fiume Azzurro

From fiume (“river”) + azzurro (“azure”).


Tammaro

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“thought, mind”) + *mēraz (“great, excellent”).


Scarpanto

From Ancient Greek Κάρπαθος (Kárpathos).


Cidno

From Latin Cydnus, from Ancient Greek Κύδνος (Kúdnos).


Granico

From Latin Granicus, from Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).


Miscano

From the earlier form Misclanu (attested since 10th century). Further etymology unknown.


Corno

From corno, because of the shape of its course.


Clitunno

A small river in Umbria, famous for its springs


Strona

name of various rivers, which flow in Piedmont


Dittaino

From Arabic وَادِي التِين (wādī t-tīn, literally “clay river”).

uder

وَادِي التِين


Dakota del Sud

South Dakota (a state of the United States)


Dakota del Nord

North Dakota (a state of the United States)


Banca Centrale Europea

European Central Bank
European Central Bank


Renania Settentrionale-Vestfalia

North Rhine-Westphalia (a state of Germany)


nippofilia

From nippo- (“Nippo-”), from Japanese 日本 (にっぽん, Nippon, “Japan”), + -filia (“-philia”).

(usually uncountable) Japanophilia (strong interest in Japan)


Corno d'Africa

Horn of Africa (a peninsula in East Africa)


Stato Libero Associato di Porto Rico

it-proper noun

lo Stato Libero Associato di Porto Rico m

lo Stato Libero Associato di Porto Rico (canonical masculine)

Calque of Spanish Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Literally, “Free Associated State of Puerto Rico”.

lit

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico#English

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the official name of Puerto Rico, a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States)


arigatò

Borrowed from Japanese ありがとう (arigatō, “thank you”).

bor+

arigato (“thank you”, used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture)


bel paese

Ahi Pisa, vituperio de le genti
 del bel paese là dove ’l sì suona[…].

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 79–80; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

Ah! Pisa, thou opprobium of the people
 of the fair land there where the sì doth sound.

[…] il bel paese
 ch’Appennin parte, e ’l mar circonda e l’Alpe

1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “CXLVI — O d’ardente vertute ornata et calda”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 13–14; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:

[…] that fair country
 the Apennines divide, and Alps and sea surround.

(chiefly literary, sometimes capitalized) Italy


Inguscezia

Borrowed from Russian Ингуше́тия (Ingušétija), from Georgian ინგუშეთი (ingušeti).


Paese del Sol Levante

il Paese del Sol Levante (canonical masculine)

Land of the Rising Sun
Land of the Rising Sun

(periphrasis) the Land of the Rising Sun (Japan)


Farfa

From Latin Farfarus, another name of the river Fabaris.


Mazaro

From Latin Mazarus, alternative form of Mazara.


Palazzo di Westminster

il Palazzo di Westminster (canonical masculine)

Palace of Westminster
Palace of Westminster

Palace of Westminster (the British Houses of Parliament)


vedi Napoli e poi muori

Unknown exact origin or authorship. Popularized by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Compare Neapolitan vide Napule e po' muore.

see Naples and die (nothing compares to the beauty of Naples, so you can die after you've seen it)

Italian Journey
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Saccione

a river that flows in Molise and delimits the boundary with Apulia


Limentra

the name of two rivers that flow in Emilia-Romagna


Giro di Spagna

Calque of Spanish Vuelta a España (literally “Tour of Spain”).

calque

Vuelta a España (annual cycling race in Spain)


Giro di Francia

il Giro di Francia (canonical masculine)

Calque of French Tour de France (literally “Tour of France”).

(cycling) Tour de France (annual cycling race through France)


Alta Austria

Calque of German Oberösterreich, By surface analysis, alta + Austria.


Mar del Giappone

il Mar del Giappone (canonical masculine)

Sea of Japan (the sea between Japan and the rest of Asia)


Cipango

From Early Mandarin 日本國／日本国 (Wade–Giles: Jih⁴-pên³-kuo², IPA: /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/, “nation of Japan”, literally “Land of the Rising Sun”). Compare Wu 日本 (⁸zeq-pen, IPA: /zəʔ¹¹ pən²³/) 國／国 (⁷koq, IPA: /koʔ⁵⁵/)

zh-l

Zipangu è una isola in levante, ch’è ne l’alto mare 1.500 miglia.

c. 1300 [c. 1298], Marco Polo, Rustichello da Pisa, “155. Dell'isola di Zipangu [About the isle of Japan]”, in Il Milione [The Million], translation of Le divisement dou monde; republished Antonio Lanza, editor, L'Unità - Editori Riuniti, 1982:

Japan is an island in the East, 1,500 miles away at sea.

quelli che hanno per grande Cosmographo Columbo credono che le chiamo Indie per l'India Orientale, credendo che quando discoperse Indie andava cercando la Isola Cipango

1556, Francisco López de Gómara, “Cap. ⅩⅧ. Perche si chiamorno Indie [Chapter 18 - Why it was called India]”, in Augustino de Cravaliz, transl., La historia generale delle Indie occidentali, translation of Historia general de las Indias (in Spanish), page 18:

Those regard Columbus as a great cosmographer believe he called it India because of Eastern India, believing that—when he discovered India—he was searching for the isle of Japan


Terra del Fuoco

Calque of Spanish Tierra del Fuego (literally “Land of Fire”).

calque

Tierra del Fuego (archipelago between Chile and Argentina)


Palazzo Chigi

the official residence of the Prime Minister of the Italian Republic

(metonymically) the Prime Minister of the Italian Republic

Palazzo del Quirinale

residence of the President of the Italian Republic

Palazzo della Consulta

seat of the Constitutional Court of Italy


Casoncello

a place on the Bologna Apennines Loiano province Emilia-Romagna


Giardini del Casoncello

a garden on the Appennino Bolognese Scansoli Loiano Emilia-Romagna


Palazzo della Consulta

(colloquial, metonymically) a building in Rome that is the seat of the Italian Constitutional Court


Palazzo del Quirinale

(colloquial, metonymically) a building in Rome that is the residence of the Italian President of the Republic


Palazzo Montecitorio

(colloquial, metonymically) a building in Rome that is the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies


Palazzo Barberini

a baroque palace in Rome that houses the National Gallery of Ancient Art and the Italian Institute of Numismatics


Palazzo Madama

(colloquial, metonymically) a building in Rome that is the home of the Senate of the Republic, located in the homonymous Piazza Madama


Palazzo Farnese

(colloquial, metonymically) a building in Rome that is the residence of the French Embassy


Palazzo Senatorio

(colloquial, metonymically) the town hall of the city of Rome


Palazzo Venezia

the residence of what used to be the Republic of Venice Embassy in Rome. During Fascism it was Mussolini's headquarters and nowadays is the seat of the National Museum of Palazzo Venezia


Casa Keats-Shelley

a building in Rome that was home of the poet John Keats and later of Percy Bysshe Shelley


Villa Medici

a group of buildings hosting the Academy of France in Rome Italy


Trinità dei Monti

a church in Rome famous for its stairway to Piazza di Spagna


Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

a monumental building in Rome EUR housing the headquarters of luxury fashion label Fendi


Palazzo di Giustizia

a building hosting the Italian Supreme Court in Rome


Palazzo del Laterano

a building in Rome for thousand years Papal Seat and Roman Pontiff official residence nowadays hosting the Museo Storico dello Stato Pontificio


Campo Marzio

Campus Martius (the most populous area of ancient Rome)


Piazza del Campidoglio

a square in Rome sited on top of the Capitoline hill in front of Campidoglio having at its centre the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius


Piazza Navona

a Rome square having at its center the Fountain of Four Rivers by Gian Lorenzo Bernini


Piazza di Spagna

a square at the bottom of the Spanish Steps and at its center the famous Fontana della Barcaccia, sculpted by Pietro Bernini and his son, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is one of the most famous squares in Rome (Italy)


Palazzo di Spagna

a building in the Piazza di Spagna Rome hosting the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See


Piazza del Popolo

a famous Rome square at the foot of Pincio hill


Piazza Colonna

a square in Rome; It is named for the marble Column of Marcus Aurelius on the square center


Piazza San Pietro

St. Peter's Square in Vatican City in front of St. Peter's Cathedral


Campo de' Fiori

a square in Rome having at its centre the bronze statue of Giordano Bruno burned alive in this square for heresy by the Roman Inquisition


Piazza del Pantheon

Piazza della Rotonda
Piazza della Rotonda#Italian


Palazzo Koch

the headquarter of the Bank of Italy in Rome Italy


Navona

famous square in Rome. Original square name was "in Agone" (from latin "in agonis" or "agones" (games)) and after centuries of language corruption from "agone" became "in agone", "innagone", "navone" and finally nowadays "Navona"


Consulta

a building in Rome, Italy hosting the Constitutional Court


Madama

a building in Rome Italy hosting the Italian Senate


Fontana di Trevi

Trevi Fountain (a fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi)


Ponte Milvio

Milvian (or Mulvian) Bridge (a bridge over the Tiber in northern Rome, Italy)


Ponte Sant'Angelo

a bridge in Rome, Italy, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian, to span the Tiber, from the city center to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the Castel Sant'Angelo


Villa Rosebery

Villa Rosebery in Naples, Italy (one of the three official residences of the President of the Italian Republic, so named because it was owned by the British prime minister, The 5th Earl of Rosebery)


Macedonia del Nord

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Asia occidentale

Holonym: Asia


Repubblica Islamica dell'Iran

Repubblica Islamica dell’Iran (canonical feminine)

Islamic Republic of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran


cracoviano

it-noun

cracoviano m (plural cracoviani, feminine cracoviana)

cracoviani (plural)
cracoviana (feminine)

Cracovian (native or inhabitant of Cracow) (male or of unspecified gender)


torontoniano

it-adj

torontoniano (feminine torontoniana, masculine plural torontoniani, feminine plural torontoniane)

torontoniana (feminine)
torontoniani (masculine plural)
torontoniane (feminine plural)

Torontonian (of or relating to Toronto, Ontario, Canada)


torontoniano

it-noun

torontoniano m (plural torontoniani, feminine torontoniana)

torontoniani (plural)
torontoniana (feminine)

Torontonian (native or resident of Toronto, Ontario, Canada)


Bassa Austria

Calque of German Niederösterreich, By surface analysis, bassa + Austria.


Vinegia

Borrowed from Venetan, from Latin Venetia, from the pre-Roman substrate population of the Venetī, name of an ancient Italic people living in an area corresponding to the present-day North-East of Italy.

Puis s'en parti Antenor et Prians, à grant compaignie de gent, et se n'alerent en la marche de Trevise, non mie loing de Venise, et là firent une autre cité que est apelée Padoe

late 13ᵗʰ century [1260–1267], “Delli re di Francia [On the kings of France]” (chapter 39), in anonymous translator, Il tesoro [The treasure], translation of Livres dou Tresor by Brunetto Latini (in Old French); collected in Luigi Gaiter, editor, Il tesoro, volume 1, Bologna: Romagnoli, 1877, pages 106–107:

Then Antenor and Priam, along with many other people, left and went to the march of Treviso, where they built another city, which is called Padua, not far from Venice.

Il fu voir que au tens qe Baudoin estoit enperaor de Gostantinople, ce fu a les .mccl. anç, mesire Nicolao Pol, que pere messire March estoit, et messiere Mafeu Pol, que frere mesere Nicolau estoit, cesti deus freres estoient en la cité de Gostantinople, qui i estoient alés de Venese con leur merchandie

c. 1300 [c. 1298], Marco Polo et al., Milione [Million], translation of Le divisement dou monde by Marco Polo and Rustichello da Pisa (in Old French); republished as “Lor partita di Gostantinopoli [Their departure from Constantinople]” (chapter 2), in Antonio Lanza, editor, Il Milione di Marco Polo, L'Unità - Editori Riuniti, 1982:

It is true that, at the time that Baldwin was emperor of Constantinople—that was in the year of Christ 1250—sir Niccolò Polo (who was sir Marco's father) and his brother, sir Matteo Polo, these two brothers were in the city of Constantinople, having come from Venice with goods for trading

messomi io in cammino, di Vinegia partendomi ed andandomene per lo Borgo de’ greci e di quindi per lo reame del Garbo cavalcando e per Baldacca, pervenni in Parione

1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata sesta – Novella decima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron, Bari: Laterza, 1927:

Having gotten on my way, leaving Venice and passing through Borgo de' Greci, from which, riding through the kingdom of Algarve and Baldacca, I came to Parione

E le condizione de’ tempi, nostra infelicità, tengono disparsa e disseminata la nostra famiglia Alberta, come vedi, parte in Ponente, a Londra, Bruggia, Cologna, pochi in Italia, a Vinegia, a Genova, a Bologna, in Roma alcuni

1433–1440, Leon Battista Alberti, “Libro secondo [Second book]”, in I libri della famiglia; collected in Cecil Grayson, editor, Leon Battista Alberti - Opere volgari^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Opere_volgari_(Alberti)), volume 1, Bari: Gius. Laterza e figli, 1960, page 85:

And the circumstances of our time—to our chagrin—keep our family of the Alberti dispersed and scattered, as you see, part in the West, in London, Bruges, Cologne; a few in Italy, in Venice, in Genua, in Bologna, some in Rome

Per che vi fece l’apparecchio delle nozze ordinare bello e grande, e, invitatovi delle vicine contrade qualunque più onorato uomo v’era con le lor donne, e da Vinegia similmente, in suoni e canti e balli e solennissimi conviti l’un giorno appresso all’altro ne menava

1530, Pietro Bembo, “Capitolo II [Chapter 2]”, Libro primo [First book], in Gli Asolani [The Asolani]; collected in Carlo Dionisotti, editor, Prose della volgar lingua, Gli Asolani, Rime (I classici italiani TEA Tascabili), Milan: Editori Associati, 1989:

So she ordered a beautiful, great wedding to be prepared, and, having invited from the nearby parishes all the most honoured men there were, along with their women—and from Venice as well—she spent day after day in sounds, singing, dances, and most solemn banquets

[…] Tu sai, che invano
l’uccisor d’Alessandro asilo e scampo
sperò trovare in libera contrada.
Tuo brando il giunse entro Vinegia […]

1789, Vittorio Alfieri, “Atto primo”, in Don Garzia^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Don_Garzia_(Alfieri,_1946)), Scena prima; collected in Nicola Bruscoli, editor, Vittorio Alfieri - Tragedie^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Tragedie_(Alfieri,_1946),_Volume_II), volume 2, Bari: Laterza, 1946, page 356:

You know how Alessandro's murderer hoped in vain to find refuge and escape in a free country: your sword reached him in Venice

(archaic, poetic) Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)


Nagorno Karabakh

Adaptation of Russian Наго́рный Караба́х (Nagórnyj Karabáx, literally “Mountainous Karabakh”).

der

Наго́рный Караба́х

Nagorno-Karabakh (a region of the South Caucasus)


mare Eritreo

From Latin Erythraeum mare, itself a partial calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα (Eruthrà thálassa).

Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα


Asia meridionale

Holonym: Asia


Asia orientale

Holonym: Asia

Near-synonym: Estremo Oriente


onda coreana

Borrowed from Korean 한류(韓流) (Hallyu, “Korean current”).


Isole Vergini statunitensi

it-proper noun

Isole Vergini statunitensi f pl (plural only)

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands


eptarchia

Borrowed from Latin heptarchia, from Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “hepta-: seven”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”). By surface analysis, epta- + -archia.

der

(historical) heptarchy (group of seven states, especially (historical) those in Anglo-Saxon Britain)


Venegia

Quant la cité de Troie fu destruite […] il avint que Prians li juenes, qui fu filz de la seror au roi Prian de Troie, entre lui et Antenor, s'en alerent par mer o tout .xiiijᵐ. homes à armes, tant que il arriverent là où est ore la cité de Venise

late 13ᵗʰ century [1260–1267], “Delli re di Francia [On the kings of France]” (chapter 39), in anonymous translator, Il tesoro [The treasure], translation of Livres dou Tresor by Brunetto Latini (in Old French); collected in Luigi Gaiter, editor, Il tesoro, volume 1, Bologna: Romagnoli, 1877, page 106:

When the city of Troy was destroyed, so it occurred that Priam—young son of king of Troy Priam's sister—and another potentate named Antenor, traveled so far through sea and through land, with fourteen-thousand armed people, that they arrived there, where the city of Venice now lies.

messer Masio Visconte de Melano lo chiamò podestà di Melano; et accettato l’officio venne per mare in fine a Venegia; e quando volse andare da Venegia a Padova, quelli che lo perseguitavano l’ucciseno nella valle di Doriaco

1385–1396, Francesco di Bartolo, “Canto Ⅴ [Canto 5]”, in Commento di Francesco da Buti sopra la Divina commedia di Dante Allighieri [Commentary of Francesco da Buti on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy]^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Commedia_(Buti)), C. V— v. 64-84.; republished, Pisa: Fratelli Nistri, 1858, page 111:

Sir Masio, viscount of Milan, appointed him [Iacopo del Cassaro] as podesta of Milan. And, [having] accepted the mandate, he finally came by sea to Venice, and, when he decided to go from Venice to Padua, his persecutors murdered him in the valley of Doriaco

Fu il Palma molto più nei colori unito, sfumato e paziente, che gagliardo nel disegno, e quegli maneggiò con grazia, pulitezza grandissima, come si vede in Venegia in molti quadri e ritratti che fece a diversi gentiluomini

1568, Giorgio Vasari, “Iacopo Palma e Lorenzo Lotto”, in Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori [The lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors, and architects], 2ndⁿᵈ expanded and revised edition, Florence: Giunti:

Palma was a lot more solid, shaded, and patient with colors, than energetic with drawing, and he handled the former with the greatest grace and tidiness, as one can see in Venice, in many paintings and portraits he made for several gentlemen

(archaic, poetic) Alternative form of Vinegia; Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)


fiumale

fiume (“river”) + -ale (“-al”, relational adjective suffix)

af

(literary, rare) riverine, fluvial, river (attributive)


fiumaia

Archaic form of fiumara, synonym of fiumana (“torrent; flood; crowd”)


fiumarolo

(transferred sense) one who frequents the Tiber river area


Grande Est

administrative region
administrative region

Grand Est (an administrative region in northeastern France, created in 2016 by the fusion of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne)


Lenne

A toponym for rivers and settlements in Germany


leprecauno

Borrowed from English leprechaun, from Irish leipreachán.