BCE

Banca Centrale Europea
Banca Centrale Europea#Italian

European Central Bank
European Central Bank

Initialism of Banca Centrale Europea (“ECB, European Central Bank”).


Iraq

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


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


OMC

w:it:Organizzazione Mondiale del Commercio

World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization

Initialism of Organizzazione Mondiale del Commercio (“WTO, World Trade Organization”).


Andorra

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


Afghanistan

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


Albania

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Armenia

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


Argentina

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


Bulgaria

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


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)


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Guatemala

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Indonesia

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Iran

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


Kiribati

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


Kuwait

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


Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Monaco

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


Monaco

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


Madagascar

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


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Mauritius

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

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


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)


Nigeria

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


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Nepal

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


Nauru

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


Oman

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


Paraguay

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Paraguay.


Qatar

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


Romania

(historical or linguistics) Romania (Latin or Romance-speaking of Europe)


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Singapore

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


Slovenia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


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)


Senegal

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


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Swaziland

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


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Uganda

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


Uruguay

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Uruguay.


Vietnam

Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Nam.


Yemen

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


Zimbabwe

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


URSS

Initialism of Unione delle Repubbliche Socialiste Sovietiche.


Anguilla

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


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)


Barbados

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


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)


Benin

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Somalia

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


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Sri Lanka

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


Seychelles

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


Russia

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

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


Palau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

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


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)


Costa Rica

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Costa Rica.

ubor

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Dominica

Dominica (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)


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)


Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Samoa

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


Micronesia

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

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


Grenada

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Abdera

From Latin Abdēra, from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)

Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece)


DC

Democrazia Cristiana
Democrazia Cristiana#Italian

Initialism of Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democracy)


Tasmania

Tasmania (a state and island in Australia)


GO

Abbreviation of Gorizia, an Italian town in Friuli-Venezia Giulia


PE

Abbreviation of Pescara. (city in Abruzzo)


CH

Abbreviation of Chieti (Italian town in Abruzzo)


CL

Abbreviation of Caltanissetta, Caltanisetta (Italian town in Sicilia)


CO

Abbreviation of Como. (Italian town in Lombardia)


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)

Paraná (the provincial capital of Entre Ríos, Argentina)

Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul#English

Paraná (a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)


Alberta

a female given name, feminine form of Alberto


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)


Adelaide

a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide

Adelaide (the state capital of South Australia, Australia)


Ottawa

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


Brasilia

Distrito Federal
Distrito Federal#English

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


Kuala Lumpur

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kuala Lumpur.

ubor

Kuala Lumpur (the capital city of Malaysia)

Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)


IPA

International Phonetic Alphabet
International Phonetic Alphabet#English

the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)


Oceania

Oceania (a geographical region or continent in the Pacific Ocean)


Asia

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

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.


PS

Abbreviation of Pesaro (Italian town in Marche)


Madrid

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

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

Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)


California

California (a state of the United States)


Scandinavia

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

der

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

Scandinavian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula


Parigi

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


PG

(dated) Abbreviation of Perugia (on car number plates/license plates)


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)


Michael

A male given name and surname in English


Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)


Florida

Florida (a peninsula in the state of Florida, United States)


Guernsey

Unadapted borrowing from English Guernsey.


Lagos

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”).

bor+

A major city, the former capital of Nigeria

A city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal


Liguria

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

Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)


Los Angeles

Unadapted borrowing from English Los Angeles.

ubor

A large city in California, United States


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)


New York

Unadapted borrowing from English New York.

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


Nicosia

From Medieval Latin and Old French Nicosia, from Byzantine Greek Λευκωσία (Leukōsía), q.v. Doublet of Lefkosia.

Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)


Oslo

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


Palermo

English: Palermo

Ottoman Turkish: پالرمو (Palermo)

Turkish: Palermo

Palermo (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)

the letter P in the Italian spelling alphabet


Rome

le due Rome, the two Romes


Syracuse

Syracuse (a city in New York, United States)


Tarragona

Tarragona (a city in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


Tirana

Tirana (a municipality, the capital and largest city of Albania, located in the center of the country west of the mountain of Dajti on the plain of Tirana; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality)


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)


Tripoli

Borrowed from Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).


Valencia

Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)

Valencian Community
Valencian Community#English

Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain)

Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)


Verona

→ English: Verona


Virginia

Borrowed from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.


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”).


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)


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)

Valle d'Aosta, Aosta (a former province of Aosta Valley, consisting of the whole region; abolished in 1945)


Basilicata

Basilicata (an administrative region of southern Italy)


Calabria

Calabria (a peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy)


Campania

Campania (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)


Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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

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


Marche

→ Dutch: Marken (calque)

Marche (an administrative region in central 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)


Trentino-Alto Adige

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

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


Umbria

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

Umbria (an administrative region in central Italy)


Veneto

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


Alessandria

Alessandria (a city and province of Piedmont, Italy)


Cuneo

From Latin cuneus (“wedge”) (whence cuneo and conio), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Cognate to Piedmontese Coni.


Novara

Novara (a town and province of Piedmont, Italy)


Agrigento

Borrowed 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 (Akrágăntă), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”). Cognate to Sicilian Girgenti.

Agrigento (a province and city in Sicily, Italy)


Ancona

From Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”), due to the form of the cape where the city was founded.

Ancona (a city and province of Marche, Italy)

the letter A in the Italian spelling alphabet


Aosta

Ultimately from the Latin name of the location, Augusta Praetōria Salassōrum. Cognate with French Aoste, Franco-Provençal Outa, Sicilian Agusta.

Aosta (the sole province of Valle d'Aosta, Italy)


Arezzo

From Latin Ārrētium, from Etruscan 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌 (aritim).

Arezzo (a city and province of Tuscany, Italy)


Ascoli Piceno

Ascoli Piceno (a town and province of Italy)


Benevento

Benevento (a province of Campania, Italy)

Benevento (the capital city of the province of Benevento, Campania, Italy)


Bergamo

Bergamo (a city and province of Lombardy, Italy)


Biella

First appears as Bugella in Medieval Latin during the early 9th century.

Biella (a city and province of Piedmont, Italy)


Bologna

From Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic.

the letter B in the Italian spelling alphabet


Bolzano

From earlier Bolgiano, from Vulgar Latin Bauzana, Bauzanum, from earlier Bautianum, Baudianum, from Bautius, Baudius, a latinization of a Celtic personal name. Cognate with German Bozen, which is derived from a variant Vulgar Latin form (Pauzana, Pozana).

Trentino-Alto Adige
Trentino-Alto Adige#English

Bolzano (the provincial capital of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)


Brescia

From Lombard Brèsa, Latin Brixia, probably from a Gaulish/Celtic (Cisalpine) root meaning "hill".

Brescia (the capital city of Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy)


Brindisi

From Latin Brundisium, from Ancient Greek Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion), said to be from the Messapic word for the head of a male deer, possibly based on the shape of the port. Compare Proto-Albanian *brina (Albanian bri) and *drani (Albanian dre).

Brindisi (a city and province of Apulia, Italy)


Cagliari

From Latin Caralis, ultimately of Phoenician origin.

Cagliari (a city and province of Sardinia, Italy)


Caltanissetta

From the Arabic name in antiquity, قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fort of the Women”).

Caltanissetta (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)


Campobasso

The original name in Medieval Latin was Campus Vassorum, indicating the city was a seat of vassals. It later changed to its current form, meaning "low field" (campo + basso).

Campobasso (a town and province of Italy)


Caserta

From Medieval Latin casa irta (“impregnable house”), referring to its elevation in relation to the surrounding area.

Caserta (the capital of Caserta province, Campania, Italy)


Catania

Named by the indigenous Sicel people; from Sicel katane (“grater, flaying knife, skinning place; crude tool apt to pare”) (compare Ancient Greek κατάνη (katánē)). The name was adopted by Greek settlers, survived Hellenization and passed into Roman rule.

der

Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)

Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)


Catanzaro

From Latin Catanciarium, from the earlier Catacium, from the original Ancient Greek name Katantza'rion, from Καταρτάριοι (Katartárioi, “silk spinners”), as the town was known for its silk.

Catanzaro (a town and province of Italy)


Chieti

Chieti (the capital city of the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy)


Como

the letter C in the Italian spelling alphabet

Como (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Cosenza

From Latin Cōnsentia, Cosentia, from consentia.

Cosenza (a town and province of Calabria, Italy)


Cremona

Cremona (a province and city in Lombardy, Italy)


Crotone

Learned from Latin Crotōn or Crotō, ultimately from Ancient Greek Κρότων (Krótōn).
Historically known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when the ancient spelling was restored and imposed, because of the Fascist toponymical policies. It is still called Cutrona in the local Sicilian-calabrian dialect. Compare the surname Cutrona, which is borrowed from the Sicilian Cutrona.


Enna

From Latin Henna or Haenna, of obscure origin. Originally known as Castrogiovanni from the local Sicilian Castrugiuvanni, from the Arabic name for it, قَصْر يَانِيّ (qaṣr yāniyy, “castle of John”), actually a corruption of Latin castrum ("fort") and Henna. The name was changed in 1927 under Mussolini.


Foggia

From Latin Fodia, later form of Fovea (“small pit”). See fovea.

A province of Apulia, Italy, around the city.


Forli

Alternative form of Forlì (“Forli”), the capital city of the province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


Frosinone

Frosinone (a town and province of Lazio, Italy)


Imperia

A town and province on the coast of Liguria, Italy

the letter I in the Italian spelling alphabet


L'Aquila

L'Aquila (the capital city of L'Aquila province, Italy)


La Spezia

From Latin Spedia, plus the definite article.

La Spezia (a province and city in Liguria, Italy)


Lecce

Evolution of the original Roman names, Latin Licea, Litium (2nd century CE), and Lupiae (3rd century BCE).

Lecce (a city and province of Apulia, Italy)


Lecco

From Latin Leucum, of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from or related to leux (“shining, white”).


Livorno

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

Livorno (a province and city in Tuscany, Italy)

the letter L in the Italian spelling alphabet.


Lodi

Was known in Latin in Roman times as Laus Pompeia or Laus Nova, from laus (“praise”) (genitive laudis), whence lode came in Italian.


Lucca

Lucca (the capital city of the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy)


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.


Macerata

Probably from macerie (“rubble”), referring to the city's rebuilding after the Goths' destruction of Ricina.


Messina

From Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”), named by a Greek tyrant after the site of Ancient Messene in Peloponnese, Greece.

Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)


Messina

English: Messina

→ Ottoman Turkish: مسینه (mesine)

Turkish: misina


Modena

From Latin Mutina, from Etruscan 𐌌𐌖𐌕𐌍𐌀 (mutna).

Modena (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

Modena (a city in Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)


Nuoro

Borrowed from Sardinian Nùgoro. Cognate with Sicilian Nùguru.

Nuoro (a town and province of Sardinia, Italy)


Oristano

From Latin Aristianis, later Aristanis (Byzantine Greek Αριστάνις (Aristánis)).

Oristano (a province of Sardinia, Italy)

Oristano (the capital city of the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy)


Pavia

Pavia (the capital city of the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy)


Perugia

Perugia (a city and province of Umbria, Italy)


Pescara

From Latin Piscaria (“abounding with fish”); see piscis. Former name Aternum.

Pescara (the capital city of the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy)


Piacenza

From the Latin Placentia, from placentia < placēns (“pleasing, welcoming”).


Pistoia

Pistoia (the capital city of the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy)


Pordenone

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English

Pordenone (a province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)

Pordenone (the capital city of the province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy)


Potenza

From Latin Potentia, from potentia < potens.

Potenza (a city and province of Basilicata, Italy)


Prato

Prato (the capital city of the province of Prato, Tuscany, Italy)


Ragusa

Ragusa (a town and province of Sicily, Italy)


Ravenna

From Latin Ravenna, possibly of Etruscan origin.


Reggio nell'Emilia

Alternative form of Reggio Emilia (“city and province in Italy”)


Rieti

Borrowed from Latin Reāte, possibly ultimately via Proto-Italic *reia-te- from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to flow”).

Rieti (the capital city of the province of Rieti, Lazio, Italy)


Rimini

Rimini (a province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

Rimini (a resort city, the capital of the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)


Rovigo

Rovigo (a province and town in Veneto, Italy)


Salerno

From Latin Salernum, from one of the city's Etruscan names.

Salerno (a city and province of Campania, Italy)

the letter S in the Italian spelling alphabet


Savona

From Latin Savōnem f, with the ending feminized to /-a/.

Savona (the capital city of the province of Savona, Liguria, Italy)


Sondrio

Sondrio (a town and province of Lombardy, Italy)


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”).

the letter T in the Italian spelling alphabet


Teramo

Ultimately from the Latin name of the site, Interamnia Praetutorium (“city of the Praetutii tribe between two rivers”) or Interamnium, later becoming Teramum.

Teramo (the capital city of the province of Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy)


Terni

From Latin Interamna Nahars (literally “between rivers”), referring to the Nera and Tiber. See also Ancient Greek Ἰντέραμνα (Intéramna).

Terni (the capital city of the province of Terni, Umbria, Italy)


Trapani

Ultimately from Latin Drepanum, Drepanon, Ancient Greek Δρέπανον (Drépanon, “sickle”), a reference to the curving shape of its harbor.

Trapani (the capital city of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy)


Trento

Inherited from Latin Tridentum (literally “three teeth”), named for the three hills that surround the city.

inh+

Trento (the provincial capital of Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)

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


Treviso

From Latin Tarvisium, Tarvisum, from the name of the Celtic tribe, Taurusci.

Treviso (a town and province of Veneto, Italy)


Trieste

From Latin Tergeste, probably of Venetic origin. The first element, terg may have meant "market" (thus cognate to Albanian treg, Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Old Norse torg), and the second element, -est, may have meant "place".


Udine

First mentioned as Utinum in Medieval Latin in the 10th century.

the letter U in the Italian spelling alphabet


Varese

Ultimately from Latin Baretium, Varetium, Varesium, borrowed via Lombard.

Varese (the capital city of the province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy)


Vercelli

Vercelli (a town and province of Piedmont, Italy)


Vicenza

From the Latin Vīcentia, a form of Vīcētia.


Viterbo

Viterbo (a province and town in Lazio, Italy)


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)


Larissa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

bor+

a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa

Larissa (a city, the regional capital of Thessaly, Greece)


Ostia

English: Ostia

(historical) A town and port in Italia, Roman Empire

Ostia
A town and port in Italia, Roman Empire


Sofia

a female given name, equivalent to English Sophia


Sofia

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


Reykjavik

Unadapted borrowing from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).


Alfredo

From English Alfred, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”).

a male given name from English, equivalent to English Alfred


Napoli

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

Naples (a province and city in Campania, Italy)


Napoli

the letter N in the Italian spelling alphabet


Napoli

→ Chinese: 拿坡里 (Nápōlǐ)

→ English: Napoli

→ Estonian: Napoli

→ Finnish: Napoli

→ Greek: Νάπολη (Nápoli)

→ Japanese: ナポリ

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: ناپولی (Napoli)
Turkish: Napoli

→ Vietnamese: Napoli


Teresa

a female given name, equivalent to English Teresa


America

→⇒ Slavomolisano: Lamerika


George

Borrowed from English George. Doublet of Giorgio.

A male given name and surname in English


Argovia

Aargau, Argovia (a canton of Switzerland)


Mesopotamia

From Latin Mesopotamia, from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā).


Neuchâtel

Unadapted borrowing from French Neuchâtel.

ubor

Neuchâtel (the capital city of Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland)


Ticino

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


Liliana

a female given name, equivalent to English Lilian


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)


Genova

From Latin Genua, possibly from the Ancient Ligurian word for knee. Compare also Latin genu; alternatively it may derive ultimately from a Celtic root *genu-, *genawa (“mouth (i.e. estuary”), making it possibly akin to the root of Geneva as well.

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)

Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)

the letter G in the Italian spelling alphabet


Claudia

a female given name from Latin of Latin origin, feminine form of Claudio


Odessa

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


Texas

Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.


Gerusalemme

Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)


Colombo

Colombo (the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka)


David

Borrowed from Latin Dāvīd, from Ancient Greek Δαυίδ (Dauíd), from Hebrew דָּוִד (davíd).


Alice

a female given name, equivalent to English Alice


Romeo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”); compare Greek Ρωμαίος (Romaíos).


La Ruota Della Fortuna

the Italian incarnation of the U.S. origin game show Wheel of Fortune


Medusa

From Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”).


EI

Esercito Italiano
w:it:Esercito Italiano


Roberto

From Latin Robertus, from Frankish *Hrodebert, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz.

a male given name from Proto-Germanic, feminine equivalent Roberta, equivalent to English Robert


Robert

Unadapted borrowing from English Robert.


TIM

Telecom Italia Mobile
w:Telecom Italia Mobile

Initialism of Telecom Italia Mobile (“a mobile phone network”).


CN

Abbreviation of Cuneo. (province of Piedmont)


AQ

Abbreviation of Aquila, L'Aquila (the capital city of Abruzzo)


LT

Abbreviation of Latina (Italian town in Lazio)


LE

(government, abbreviation) Abbreviation of Lecce. (Italian town in Apulia)


Puglia

Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)


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)


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)


LC

Abbreviation of Lecco (Italian town in Lombardy)


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)


Milano

From Latin Mediōlānum, possibly of Gaulish origin.

Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)

Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)

the letter M in the Italian spelling alphabet


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)


Sardegna

→ French: Sardaigne

→ Sardinian: Sardigna

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


NO

Abbreviation of Novara (Italian town in Piemonte)


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)

the letter T in the Italian spelling alphabet


Europa

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

(nautical, sailing, sports) Europe (an olympic sailing class)

(mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (consort of Zeus, daughter of Agenor)

(mythology, Greek mythology) Europa (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys)


Walter

Unadapted borrowing from English Walter or German Walter (and Walther), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Waldahari, from Proto-Germanic *Waldaharjaz. Doublet of Gualtiero, which was borrowed through Old Northern French.


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)


Tony

a diminutive of the male given name Antonio


Zaire

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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


Murray

Unadapted borrowing from English Murray.


Murray

A suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia

City of Townsville
City of Townsville#English

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

census-designated place
census-designated place

Fairfield County
Fairfield County#English

An unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States

An unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana, United States

A city, the county seat of Calloway County, Kentucky, United States

A village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States

A town in Orleans County, New York, United States

A city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Salt Lake County
Salt Lake County#English

An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Utah, United States


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)


Ares

Borrowed from Latin Arēs, from Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs).


Firenze

→ Danish: Firenze

→ Finnish: Firenze

→ Japanese: フィレンツェ (Firentse)

→ Korean: 피렌체 (Pirenche)

From Old Italian Fiorenze, from Latin Flōrentiae, locative of Flōrentia. Cf. the alternative obsolete form Fiorenza, from the accusative.

Con ciò sia cosa che per gli nostri antichi Fiorentini poche e nonn-ordinate memorie si truovino di fatti passati della nostra città di Firenze, […], io Giovanni cittadino di Firenze, considerando la nobiltà e grandezza della nostra città a’ nostri presenti tempi, mi pare che si convegna di raccontare e fare memoria dell’origine e cominciamento di così famosa città

1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle], published 1991, section 1:

Since few and disorderly memories are found, among our oldest Florentines, of past events of our city Florence, I – Giovanni, citizen of Florence –, considering our city's nobility and greatness at the present time, believe it's appropriate to tell and remember the origin and the beginning of such a famous city.

Florence (the capital city of Tuscany, Italy)

Florence (a metropolitan city of Tuscany, Italy)

the letter F in the Italian spelling alphabet


Giorgio

Inherited from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).

a male given name from Ancient Greek, feminine equivalent Giorgia, George


Grecia

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

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Siria

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

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


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)

Kingdom of Iberia
Kingdom of Iberia#English

(historical) (historical) Iberia, Kingdom of Iberia (Antique and Byzantine name for the ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli in Eastern Europe, located east of Colchis, corresponding roughly to the eastern parts of present-day Georgia)


RSI

Radio svizzera di lingua italiana
w:Radio svizzera di lingua italiana

(historical, broadcasting) Initialism of Radio svizzera di lingua italiana, the Swiss-Italian radio station

w:Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana

(broadcasting) Initialism of Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana, the Swiss-Italian public service broadcaster


Eber

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֵבֶר (Éver).


Andrea

From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). Due to the loss of the final S, the female name Andrea translates as Andreina.

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Andrew


Selene

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Selena


Arkansas

Unadapted borrowing from English Arkansas.


Colorado

Borrowed from English Colorado, from Spanish colorado.


Connecticut

Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.

Connecticut (a state of the United States)


Massachusetts

Massachusetts (a state of the United States)


Mississippi

Mississippi (a river in the United States)

Mississippi (a state of the United States)


New Hampshire

Unadapted borrowing from English New Hampshire.

New Hampshire (a state of the United States)


Nevada

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


Rhode Island

Unadapted borrowing from English Rhode Island.

ubor

Rhode Island (a state of the United States)


Tennessee

Tennessee (a state of the United States)


Vermont

Unadapted borrowing from English Vermont.


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)

the letter W in the Italian spelling alphabet


Wisconsin

Unadapted borrowing from English Wisconsin.

Wisconsin (a state of the United States)


Wyoming

Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming.


Kashmir

From Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr) / Urdu کشمیر (kašmīr), from Sanskrit.


Kent

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada

Western Area Rural District
Western Area Rural District#English

a coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone

An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Alabama

An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama

A ghost town in Colusa County, California

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

A number of places in the United States
A town in Litchfield, Connecticut

An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida

Stephenson County
Stephenson County#English

An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois

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

A number of places in the United States
A tiny city in Wilkin County, Minnesota

A number of places in the United States
A town in Putnam County, New York

A number of places in the United States
A city in Portage County, Ohio

An unincorporated community in Sherman County, Oregon

Culberson County
Culberson County#English

An unincorporated community in Culberson County, Texas

A city in King County, Washington, United States; suburb of Seattle

A neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C.

An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia


Natale

From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

inh

a male given name. The masculine form of Natalia


Irene

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, “peace”).


Barbara

a female given name, equivalent to English Barbara


Stregatto

Blend of strega (“witch, sorceress”) + gatto (“cat”).


Chicago

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


Aldebaran

From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”) (because it follows the Pleiades).

اَلدَّبَرَان


Simone

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (shim'ón).

a male given name, equivalent to English Simon


Simone

a surname transferred from the given name


Scozia

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

Scotland (a country in the United Kingdom, Europe)


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”)


Carolina

a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline


Fantini

Diminutive of Infante, from infante (“child”).


Mario

From Latin Marius. By folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Maria.

a male given name, equivalent to English Marius


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


Brenna

Possibly of Celtic origin, as Celts were known to inhabit the area before Romans. The meaning is unclear, but compare Proto-Celtic *branos (“crow”), which is also the source of the Latin name Brennus.

A village in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy


Angela

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Angela


Carla

a female given name, feminine form of Carlo


Urano

From Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).


Sahara

From Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”).


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)


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)

(historical) Egypt (a civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean)


Betelgeuse

Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ, “hand of the central one”), from يَد (yad, “hand”) + جَوْزَاء (jawzāʔ, “central one”).

bor

يَد الجَوْزَاء


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)


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)


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.

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

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Monica

a female given name, equivalent to English Monica


Euterpe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐτέρπη (Eutérpē).


Melpomene

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελπομένη (Melpoménē).


Moira

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μοῖρα (Moîra).


Urania

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).


Diana

a female given name, equivalent to English Diana


Rebecca

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).


Andromeda

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).


SSL

Società Sportiva Lazio
w:Società Sportiva Lazio

(soccer) Abbreviation of Società Sportiva Lazio.


Cuda

The Italian surname hails from region of Calabria, from the Calabresian term cauda, which derived from the Latin coda ("toward the tail").


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)


Antonio

a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Antonia, equivalent to English Anthony


Venezia

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)

Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)

the letter V in the Italian spelling alphabet


Serbia

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


Maria

a female given name, equivalent to English Mary


Montenegro

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


Abele

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abel


Agar

From Biblical Hebrew הָגָר (“stranger”).


Amore

(Roman mythology) Cupid, Eros (the god of love)


Angelo

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angel


Angelo

a surname transferred from the given name


Anna

From Latin Anna, from Ancient Greek Ἄννα (Ánna), from Biblical Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ).

a female given name, equivalent to English Ann


Ape

From ape (“bee”) in imitation of its sound (see also Vespa).

a tricycle scooter with a cab for the driver and a pickup truck body over the rear wheels; used as a light delivery van and for small-scale agricultural tasks


Apollo

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo


Asiago

a town near Vicenza in the Veneto, Italy


Aurora

From Latin Aurōra, from aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”).

(Roman mythology) Aurora (goddess of dawn)

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Aurora


Bari

From Latin Bārium, probably from Messapic; an appellative akin to *bauria, *burion (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European **bʰuH-ros (“dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”). Cognate with English bower.

Bari (a city and province of Apulia, Italy)

the letter B in the Italian spelling alphabet


Baviera

→ Armenian: Պավիերա (Paviera)


Bianca

→ English: Bianca

→ Danish: Bianca

→ German: Bianca

From bianca, feminine singular form of bianco (“white”, adjective).

a female given name, masculine equivalent Bianco, equivalent to English Blanche


Bruna

a female given name, feminine form of Bruno


Budda

From Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”) past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake”).


Calliope

From Latin Calliopē, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).

(Greek mythology) Calliope, the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry


Canton

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

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


Canton

A city, the county seat of Stark County, Ohio

El Dorado County
El Dorado County#English

several other places in the United States:

A former settlement in El Dorado County, California

A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia

Washington Township
Washington Township#English

Washington County
Washington County#English

An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana

An unincorporated community in Jackson County and Jones County, Iowa

McPherson County
McPherson County#English

A small city in McPherson County, Kansas

A tiny city in Fillmore County, Minnesota

A city, the county seat of Madison County, Mississippi

Broadwater County
Broadwater County#English

A submerged ghost town in Broadwater County, Montana

Lower Alloways Creek Township
Lower Alloways Creek Township#English

An unincorporated community in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey

St. Lawrence County
St. Lawrence County#English

A town and village in St. Lawrence County, New York

A town in Haywood County, North Carolina

A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania

A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, South Dakota

Van Zandt County
Van Zandt County#English

A city, the county seat of Van Zandt County, Texas

Doddridge County
Doddridge County#English

An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia

A small town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin

An unincorporated community in Barron County, Wisconsin

An inner city district and community of Cardiff, Wales (OS grid ref ST1676)


Castello

Castello (a district (sestiere) of Venice, Veneto, Italy)


Ciro

From Latin Cyrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /Kuruš/).

a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Cyrus.


Colonia

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

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


Deo

(archaic) Alternative form of Dio (“God”)


Dino

English: Dino

a male given name (derived from the abbreviated diminutives as its own form, independent of original diminution)

hypocoristic diminutive of the male given name Bernardo; Clipping of Bernardino.

hypocoristic diminutive of the male given name Bernardino; Clipping of Bernardino.

hypocoristic diminutive of the male given name Alfredo; Clipping of Alfredino.

a diminutive of the male given name Alfredino; Clipping of Alfredino.


Dio

From Latin Deus, from deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognate with English deity.


Don

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


Edo

(historical) Edo (the former name of Tokyo, the capital city of Japan)


Edo

a diminutive of the male given name Edoardo


Elio

elioconcentrato

tomato sauce concentrated by sun exposure


Este

town in Padua province, Veneto region, Italy

(historical) dynasty established in the town


Ester

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Esther


Faro

Punta del Faro; particularly (historically) as the nominal demarcation between the mainland Kingdom of Naples and the island Kingdom of Sicily, which both claimed the title Kingdom of Sicily


Felice

Inherited from Latin Felix (“fortunate, lucky, happy”).

inh+

a male given name, equivalent to English Felix


Fermi

→ English: Fermi

→ French: Fermi


Flora

(Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, Flora


Galileo

Borrowed from Latin galilaeus (“Galilean; Christian”).


Garda

A town in Verona, Veneto, Italy, on the shore of Lake Garda


Ghetto

(Venice) a small area of Venice where the Jews of the city were once forced to live


Gloria

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Gloria


Grande

English: Grande

From grande (“big”), a nickname for a tall or large person.


Grazia

a female given name, equivalent to English Grace


Hamal

Borrowed from Arabic رَأْس الْحَمَل (raʔs al-ḥamal, “head of the sheep”).

رَأْس الْحَمَل

Hamal, the brightest star in the constellation of Aries.


Io

it:85 Io
it:Io (astronomia)
it:Io (mitologia)


Jersey

the letter J in the Italian spelling alphabet


John

Borrowed from English John. Doublet of Giovanni.

A male given name and surname in English


Leone

(astronomy, astrology) Leo (constellation)


Leone

Giovanni Leone, Italian politician and sixth President of Italy


Lido

English: lido

(Venice) a long sandy island (a sandbar) in the Venice lagoon with many hotels and a long beach


Luna

From Latin Lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

it:Luna
it:Luna (astrologia)
it:Luna (nome)

Lauꝺato ſi miſignore ꝑ ſora luna ele ﬅelle. in celu lai foꝛmate clarite ⁊ p̄tioſe ⁊ belle.

c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]; copied, (manuscript), c. mid 13ᵗʰ century, page 2:

Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in heaven you have made them clear and precious and beautiful.

["][…] tutto l’oro ch’è sotto la luna
e che già fu, di quest’anime stanche
non poterebbe farne posare una".

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 64–66; 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:

" […] all the gold that is—and ever was—under the Moon couldn't make a single one of these tired souls rest."

Nel cerchio de la luna a menar t’aggio,
che dei pianeti a noi piú prossima erra,
perché la medicina che può saggio
rendere Orlando, lá dentro si serra.

1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 34”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 67; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

I shall lead you to the circle of the Moon—which, among the planets, wanders closest to us—for the medicine that can make Orlando wise is hidden in there.

crīnītus Iōpās […] canit errantem lūnam sōlisque labōres

mid 1560s [29–19 BCE], “Libro primo”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide, translation of Aeneis by Publius Vergilius Maro (in Classical Latin), lines 1204, 1207–1208; republished as L’Eneide di Virgilio^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Eneide_(Caro)), Florence: G. Barbera, 1892:

The blond-haired Iopas […] sang of the straightforwardly contorted ways which make the Moon errant, and the Sun dark

αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα σάκος μέγα τε στιβαρόν τε
εἵλετο, τοῦ δ’ ἀπάνευθε σέλας γένετ’ ἠΰτε μήνης.
ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ἂν ἐκ πόντοιο σέλας ναύτῃσι φανήῃ
καιομένοιο πυρός, τό τε καίεται ὑψόθ’ ὄρεσφι
σταθμῷ ἐν οἰοπόλῳ […]

1810 [c. 8ᵗʰ century BCE], “Libro XIX”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás, Iliad) by Homer (in Epic Greek), lines 373–376; republished as Iliade di Omero^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Iliade_(Monti)), 4ᵗʰ edition, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1825:

he [Achilles] took up his shield, which—immense and steady—shone from the distance, as the Moon, or as a fire, appearing to seafarers upon a tall, lonely mountaintop

autàr épeita sákos méga te stibarón te
heíleto, toû d’ apáneuthe sélas génet’ ēǘte mḗnēs.
hōs d’ hót’ àn ek póntoio sélas naútēisi phanḗēi
kaioménoio purós, tó te kaíetai hupsóth’ óresphi
stathmôi en oiopólōi […]

(derived) Lunella, Lunetta, Lunina


Magenta

A town in the province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy


Mari

* Patronymic/short form of the medieval name Ademaro, Adimaro.
* Patronymic/short form of Mario.
* Short form of Amari, or a nickname from amaro (“bitter”).


Marina

a female given name, equivalent to English Marina


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.


Massimo

From Latin Maximus, from maximus (“greatest”), superlative form of magnus (“great, big”).


Melissa

a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa


Mercurio

(mythology, Roman mythology) Mercury (Roman god)


Mezzogiorno

Literally, “midday”. Calque of Latin merīdiēs, from the sun's position at midday in the Northern Hemisphere. Compare French le Midi (“Southern France”).

Southern Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily)


Moire

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


Mosca

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


Nova

Probably a habitational surname from the town of Nova Milanese, in Lombardy.


Ora

English: Ora

Auer (a commune of Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy)


Orange

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


Parma

From Latin Parma, from Etruscan 𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌌𐌄 (parme).


Piano

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a plain, from piano (“plain, flatland”).


Pisa

From Latin Pīsae, also known as the colony of Portus Pisanus in Roman times. The place name is ultimately of Etruscan origin, though of unknown meaning.

Pisa (a city and province of Tuscany, Italy)


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/.


Primo

a male given name, often given to firstborns


Ra

Transcription of Egyptian r:a-N5:Z1-C2 (rꜥ, “sun; the god Ra”).

bor

(Egyptian mythology) Ra (god of the Sun)


Rabat

Rabat (the capital city of Morocco, and capital city of the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco)


Rana

From rana (“frog”), a nickname for a person with bulging eyes or a croaky voice.


Romano

a male given name from Latin Rōmānus, name of a saint


Romano

a common surname for someone who was a Roman, or derived from the given name


Rosa

a female given name, equivalent to English Rose


Rut

a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth


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)


Sirrah

(astronomy) Sirrah, synonymous name of Alpheratz (a binary star)


Sole

From Latin sōlem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognates include Greek ήλιος (ílios), Icelandic sól, Hindi सूर्य (sūrya), and Russian со́лнце (sólnce).

(astronomy) Sun (star the Earth revolves around)

(mythology) Sun god, solar deity (egyptian deity)


Sorge

From the italianization of the Sicilian surname Surgi, derived from surgi (“mouse”), dialectal variant of surci. Cognate with Sardinian Suergiu.


Stella

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia#English


Tango

Probably a patronymic surname from a Germanic personal name containing the element *þankaz (“thought, mind, consideration”).

a surname transferred from the given name


Terra

(astrology) the astrological element Earth that comprises the three earth signs (Toro, Vergine and Capricorno)


Topolino

Coordinate term: Gambadilegno


Toro

(astronomy) Taurus (constellation of the Zodiac)


Tour

(cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France


Vespa

From vespa (“wasp”), in reference to its shape or sound. See also Ape (“bee”).


Vinci

A small town in Tuscany, nearby which Leonardo da Vinci was born


Viola

The given name derived from Latin viola (“a violet”). The surname can be matronymic, but more often occupational, for a dyer of violet cloth, or a player of the viola.


Vittoria

a female given name, equivalent to English Victoria


Volta

Translingual: V

→ English: Volta

English: volt, voltage, voltaic

Converged from different nicknames, including volpe (“fox”) and volta (“a turn, rotation, spin”).

Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist


Vulcano

a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea


Worms

From German Worms, from Latin Vormatia, from Gaulish.

Worms (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)


Zattere

Literally, “rafts, pontoons”, from the plural of zattera.

(Venice) a street (partially a boardwalk) in Dorsoduro, Venice, alongside the Giudecca canal


Zoe

a female given name, equivalent to English Zoë


Norvegia

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

Norway (a country in Scandinavia, in northern Europe)


Adele

Borrowed from French Adèle, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare German edel, English athel, Old English æþele.

a female given name, equivalent to English Adele and Adela


yiddish

Unadapted borrowing from English Yiddish, from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish).


Samaria

Borrowed from Latin Samarīa, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שׁמרון.

der

Hebrew שׁמרון

Samaria (the ancient capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, in the modern West Bank)

Samaria (an ancient region in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)


Britannia

Learned borrowing from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Bretagna.

Britannia (female personification of Britain)


Arabia

From Latin Arabia, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβία (Arabía).

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)

(broader sense) Arabia (The region within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)


Berlino

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

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


PD

Partito Democratico
Partito Democratico#Italian


Tangeri

Through Latin Tingis and Arabic طَنْجَة (ṭanja).

Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima#English

Tangier (a port city, the capital of Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco)


Guglielmo

a male given name, equivalent to English William


BR

Initialism of Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades)


GF

(television) Initialism of Grande Fratello, the Italian-language version of the reality show Big Brother.


Disney

Unadapted borrowing from English Disney.

un film della Disney


Bagdad

Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)
Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq)


TI

Abbreviation of Ticino (Canton) (ISO 3166-2:CH code)


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)


SSR

w:it:Società svizzera di radiotelevisione

(broadcasting) Acronym of Società svizzera di radiotelevisione: SRG SSR


Ari

a diminutive of the female given name Arianna


Sumatra

From Indonesian Sumatra, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).


Lucia

a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy


Caracalla

From Latin Caracalla, from caracalla (“a kind of cloak”).


Nilo

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


Seul

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


Rita

a diminutive of the female given name Margherita


vespero

(astronomy) Venus, evening star, Hesperus, Vesper

tra le rossastre nubi, / stormi d'uccelli neri, / com'esuli pensieri, / nel vespero migrar.


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)


Beppe

a diminutive of the male given name Giuseppe


Giuseppe

From Latin Iōsēphus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.

a male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Giuseppa, equivalent to English Joseph


Conero

an tourist area in the Marche, Italy around Monte Conero having a riviera and a nature reserve


Marco

From Latin Mārcus, from an earlier adjectival form *martcus (“pertaining to Mars”), from the name of the deity Mārs.

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Mark


Carlo

a male given name, equivalent to English Charles


Nando

a diminutive of the male given name Fernando


Paolo

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul


Bruno

Saint's name of Germanic origin, cognate to English Bruno. The surname also originates as a nickname from bruno (“brown”), cognate with English Brown.

a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno


Bruno

a common surname, equivalent to English Brown


Guido

English: guido, Guido

From Germanic Wido, a short form of names beginning with the element witu "wood" from Proto-Germanic *widuz.

a male given name, equivalent to English Guy


FFS

Ferrovie Federali Svizzere
w:it:Ferrovie Federali Svizzere

(Switzerland, rail transport) Initialism of Ferrovie Federali Svizzere (“Swiss Federal Railways”).


Rocco

a male given name, equivalent to English Rocco


Alfonso

a male given name, equivalent to English Alfonso


Joel

From various languages, ultimately from Hebrew יוֹאֵל.

der

Hebrew יוֹאֵל

A male given name in English, Basque, Catalan, Cebuano, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Manx, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Scots, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, or Welsh


Cecilia

a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia


Adige

From Latin Athesem, presumably borrowed via Gallo-Italic.


Cicero

From the Sicilian surname (namely a nciuria) Cìciru, from cìciru (“chickpea”). Not directly related to Latin Cicero. Doublet of Italian Cecere.


Ioppi

Testi inediti friulani dal secolo XIV al XIX raccolti e annotati da VINCENZO Ioppi

Secondo Vincenzo Ioppi l'ordine nobiliare cittadino fu costituito allora.

1955, Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Commissione per gli atti delle assemblee costituzionali italiane, Reale Accademia d'Italia. Commissione per gli atti delle assemblee costituzionali italiane, Atti delle assemblee costituzionali italiane dal Medio Evo al 1831:

2 del primo piano, con il maresciallo dei Carabinieri medaglia d'oro Angelo Ioppi (tuttora vivente); i giorni successivi, in altra cella dello stesso piano, sempre con Ioppi, ma con altri due detenuti meno gravati di noi

1988, Giorgio Angelozzi Gariboldi, Pio XII, Hitler e Mussolini: il Vaticano fra le dittature, page 249:

1993 June, L Businco, M Ioppi, NL Morse, et al., Breast milk from mothers of children with newly developed atopic eczema has low levels of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (91(6):1134-9)


Lisa

a female given name, diminutive of Elisabetta


Vega

From Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”).


PCI

Partito Comunista Italiano
Partito Comunista Italiano#Italian

Initialism of Partito Comunista Italiano (Italian Communist Party)


Olivia

a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia or Olive


TSO

Trattamento Sanitario Obbligatorio
w:it:Trattamento sanitario obbligatorio

Initialism of Trattamento Sanitario Obbligatorio.


Bruxelles

Unadapted borrowing from French Bruxelles.


Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge#English


Cantabria

autonomous community
autonomous community

Cantabria (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Silvia

Feminine form of Silvius, from Latin silva (“forest”).

a female given name, equivalent to English Silvia


Gaza

From Latin Gaza, from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from the Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (Ġazzā).

A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, in the Levant.

A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.

Striscia di Gaza
Striscia di Gaza#Italian

Ellipsis of Striscia di Gaza, a region of Palestine, a north–south strip of land bordering the Mediterranean and the Sinai Peninsula at the southwestern end of the Levant.


Gallia

Gaul (a Roman-era region roughly corresponding to modern France and Belgium)


Maffia

From a variant of the personal name Mattia.


Nazareth

Probably an auspicious surname given to foundlings, from the name of the city where Jesus lived.


Cordova

Córdoba (a province of Andalusia, Spain)


Celia

From Latin Caelia, feminine form of Caelius.


Boris

Unadapted borrowing from Russian Бори́с (Borís).


Kosovo

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

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


Wikizionario

Blend of wiki + dizionario (“dictionary”), calque of English Wiktionary.


Cassandra

From Ancient Greek Κασσάνδρα (Kassándra).


Belletini

a surname, meaning beautiful little-ones


Martina

a female given name, equivalent to English Martina


Eduardo

From Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz, from *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *warþō (“guardian, watchman”).

(chiefly southern Italy) Alternative form of Edoardo, a male given name, equivalent to English Edward


sposalizio

(Venice) the ritual wedding of Venice with the sea in which a ring is dropped into the water by a doge from a bucintoro (properly "lo sposalizio del mare")


Ginevra

a female given name; Guinevere of Arthurian legend


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)


CEI

(Christianity) Initialism of Conferenza Episcopale Italiana.


CEI

electrical engineering
electrical engineering

(electrical engineering) Initialism of Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano.


Susanna

a female given name, equivalent to English Susan


Roberta

a female given name, feminine form of Roberto


Paola

a female given name, equivalent to English Paula


Paola

A town in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy


Solfatara

a shallow volcanic crater, part of the Campi Flegrei, at Pozzuoli, near Naples


Abkhazia

Republic of Abkhazia
Republic of Abkhazia

Abkhazia (A region and de-facto independent but largely unrecognized country on the coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus, which considers itself an independent state called the Republic of Abkhazia; considered part of Georgia's territory by the Georgian government and the vast majority of the international community)


Zurigo

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


Altair

From Arabic اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʔir, “the flying eagle”), from نَسْر (nasr, “eagle”) + طَائِر (ṭāʔir, “flying”).

der

اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر


Chandler

Unadapted borrowing from English Chandler.

ubor

A surname and unisex given name in English


Chandler

A locale in Australia
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

A locale in Australia
A village in Western Australia

A locale in Canada
A ghost town in Saskatchewan

A locale in the United States
A city in Arizona

A city, the county seat of Lincoln County, Oklahoma

A locale in the United States
A town in Warrick County, Indiana

A locale in the United States
A city in Texas

A locale in the United States
A city in Minnesota

An unincorporated community in Pike County, Indiana

A locale in the United States
An unincorporated community in Missouri

A locale in the United States
A former settlement in California


Chandler

A river
A river in Alaska, United States

A river
A river in New South Wales, Australia


Stalin

Ста́лин Сталин#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian surname Ста́лин (Stálin)


Pomerania

Pomerania (A former duchy, historical province of Prussia, and now a region split between Germany and Poland on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea)


Alnair

From Arabic النَّائِر (an-nāʔir, “the bright [one]”).

der

Alnair, a star in the constellation of Grus


Virgilio

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Virgil


Virgilio

a village near Mantua where Virgil was born (originally named Andes)


Alnitak

From Arabic النِطَاق (an-niṭāq, “the girdle”).

Alnitak, a star in the constellation of Orion


Alderamin

From Arabic الذِّرَاع الْيَمِين (aḏ-ḏirāʕ al-yamīn, “the right arm”), from ذِرَاع (ḏirāʕ, “arm”) + يَمِين (yamīn, “right”).

الذِّرَاع الْيَمِين

Alderamin, a star in the constellation of Cepheus


Algol

From Arabic اَلْغُول (al-ḡūl, “the ghoul”).

(astronomy) Algol (binary star in the constellation of Perseus)


Alkaid

From Arabic القَائِدُ البَنَاتِ النَعْش (al-qāʔidu l-banāti n-naʕš, literally “the leader of the girls at the bier”).

القَائِدُ البَنَاتِ النَعْش

Alkaid, the third brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Major


Alphard

From Arabic الفَرْد (al-fard, “the solitary one”).

Alphard, the brightest star in the constellation of Hydra


Alpheratz

From Arabic سُرَّة اَلْفَرَس (surra(t) al-faras, “the horse's navel”) (referring to Pegasus), from سُرَّة (surra, “navel”) + فَرَس (faras, “horse, steed”).

سُرَّة اَلْفَرَس

(astronomy) Alpheratz (the brightest star in the constellation of Andromeda)


Diphda

Borrowed from Arabic ضِفْدَع (ḍifdaʕ, “frog”).

bor+

Diphda, the brightest star in the constellation of Cetus


Denebola

From Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد (ḏanab al-ʔasad, “the lion's tail”), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”) + أَسَد (ʔasad, “lion”).

der

ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد

Denebola, the second brightest star in the constellation of Leo


Dschubba

From Arabic اَلْجَبْهَة (al-jabha, “the forehead”).

Dschubba, a binary star in the constellation of Scorpio.


Dubhe

Dubhe, the second brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Major


Elnath

Borrowed from Arabic النَطْح (an-naṭḥ, “the butting one”).

bor+

Elnath, the second brightest star in the constellation of Taurus


Enif

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”).

ubor

Enif, the brightest star in the constellation of Pegasus


Eltanin

Borrowed from Arabic رَأْس اَلتِّنِّين (raʔs at-tinnīn, “the dragon’s head”), from رَأْس (raʔs, “head”) + تِنِّين (tinnīn, “dragon”).

bor+

رَأْس اَلتِّنِّين

Eltanin, the brightest star in the constellation of Draco


Fomalhaut

Borrowed from Arabic فَمُ الْحُوت (famu l-ḥūt, literally “the fish mouth”).

فَمُ الْحُوت


Kochab

Borrowed from Arabic كَوْكَب (kawkab, “star”).

Kochab, the second brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor


Mirfak

Mirfak, the brightest star in the constellation of Perseus


Phecda

Phecda, a star in the constellation of Ursa Major


Markab

From Arabic مَرْكَب (markab, “boat, saddle etc.”).

uder

Markab, a star in the constellation of Pegasus


Mizar

Mizar, a binary star in the constellation of Ursa Major


Amos

Possibly from Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).


Dina

English: Dina

a female given name (derived from the diminutives, evolved to be a separate name independent of dimunition)

a diminutive of the female given names Claudia, Claudina, Blandina, Alfreda, or Alfredina


Massimiliano

From the late-imperial Roman cognomen Maximiliānus, derived from Maximus.

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Maximilian


Chianti

Through Latin from the Etruscan name 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante). It is thought that the Etruscans introduced viticulture to the area.

the hilly region of Tuscany where Chianti is made


Zola

a habitational surname from several places of the name in Italy


Svezia

Ottoman Turkish: اسوج (İsvec)

Turkish: İsveç


Gemma

→ Catalan: Gemma

desctree

→ English: Gemma, Jemma
→ Cebuano: Gemma
→ Tagalog: Gemma

Latin gemma (“jewel”), with identical meaning in Italian.


Rigel

From a corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name اَلرِّجْل اَلْجَبَّار (ar-rijl al-jabbār, “the foot of the great one”).


Daniela

a female given name, masculine equivalent Daniele


Annam

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


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)


Diego

Borrowed from Spanish Diego, from the local Medieval Latin Didacus, attested since the 8th century.


Daria

Cognate to English Daria; the feminine equivalent of Dario.


Nicola

From Latin Nicolaus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). Doublet of Niccolò.

a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas


Moroni

Patronymic from an augmentative form of Moro.


Disdero

A name coming from Desiderio, from Latin Desiderius (longed for). A French origin could be possible, the form Disdier (compare Didier, Dizier) being used in Hautes Alpes.

(rare) a surname, used mainly in west Italy Piedmont


Ungari

From ungaro (“Hungarian”), an ethnic surname.


Accardo

a southern Italian surname from Norman, equivalent to English Ackert or German Eckert


albanese

From Albania + -ese. Cognate with Sicilian arbanisi.


Alberto

Shorter form of Adalberto, from Latin Adalbertus, from Frankish *Aþalberht.

a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Albert


Alessandra

a female given name, masculine equivalent Alessandro, equivalent to English Alexandra


Alessandro

From Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Alexander


Bartolomeo

From Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaîos), from Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai, literally “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”), from ברא (bra, “son”) and תלמי (tolmai, “Talmai; Ptolemy”).

der

Βαρθολομαῖος

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Bartholomew


Acquario

(astronomy, astrology) Aquarius (constellation)


Pechino

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


Beatrice

a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrice


Michele

From Latin Michāēlem, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él, “Michael”, literally “Who is like God?”).


Michele

a male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Michela, equivalent to English Michael


Pentecoste

From Latin Pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).


Pentecoste

→ Cimbrian: Pentekòste


L'Aia

From Dutch Den Haag, through French La Haye.


Padova

Ultimately from Latin Patavium, which may have had a variant Vulgar Latin form *Patava/*Pataua, later monophthongized to Padoa in the local Venetan language, and transcribed as Padua in Medieval Latin; this then became Padova in the Tuscan dialect (and hence later Italian) after labialization of the 'u'.

Padua (a city and province of Veneto, Italy)

the letter P in the Italian spelling alphabet


Abimelech

Unadapted borrowing from Biblical Hebrew אֲבִימֶלֶךְ.


Pesci

From pesci (“fishes”), plural of pesce. Astronomy/Astrology sense is a calque of New Latin Pisces.

(astronomy, astrology) Pisces (constellation)


Phobos

(astronomy) Alternative form of Fobos (“Phobos (natural satellite)”)

(mythology, Greek mythology) Alternative form of Fobos (“Phobos (god of fear, a son of the god Ares)”)


Deimos

From Ancient Greek Δεῖμος (Deîmos), from δειμός (deimós, “fear”).

(mythology, Greek mythology) Deimos (a son of the god Ares)


Michela

a female given name, masculine equivalent Michele, equivalent to English Michaela or Michelle


Scalo

the name of a community that has grown up around a railway station/railroad station some distance from the town it serves (in combination)


Canterbury

Unadapted borrowing from English Canterbury, from Middle English Caunterbury, Canterburi, from Old English Cantwara burh.

Canterbury (a cathedral city in Kent, England)

Canterbury (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)


Giovanni

→ English: Giovanni

→ Armenian: Ջիվան (J̌ivan)

From Latin Iōhannēs, Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, “Yahweh is gracious”).

der

Papa Giovanni

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John


Vichy

A town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, the capital of Vichy France during World War II


Dante

particularly Dante Alighieri, Italian writer

a male given name and a surname, a syncopic form of Durante


Durante

From the Latin proper name Durans or Durantis, both derived from the Latin verb dūrāre (“to endure”).
Cognates include Spanish Durán, French Durand.


Castiglione

From castiglione (“fortress, fortified town”), from Latin castilium (“fortified city”) (from castellum (“castle, fort”), diminutive of castrum (“armed camp”)) + -one (augmentative suffix). Compare Italian Castelleone, Sicilian Castigghiuni.


Castiglione

Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author


Capri

Ultimately from Latin Capreae, said to be from either.
* Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌀 (capra)
* Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “wild boar”), who populated the island
* Latin capreae (“goats”), a doublet of the Greek word, with the Romans calling it "Goat Island."

Capri (an island and town in the region of Campania, Italy)


Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno Karabakh
Nagorno Karabakh#Italian


Azzurri

From the blue colour/color of the national strip.


Orlando

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Italian politician


Orlando

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


Gorgonzola

The name could be from Latin curte Argentia, referring to its location near the ancient Roman town. Another possibility is a connection to the goddess Concordia.


Cinzano

a brand of Italian vermouth available in several versions


Amatrice

Use of the name dates back to the late 15ᵗʰ century, from earlier Matrice, likely through a rebracketing of la Matrice.

Vſcεndω fuor per un secrεtω bucω, / Che cωn la scorta della buona Euloga / Vi cωndurrá vicinω a l’Amatrice, / Ωve la voﬆra cωmpagnia v’aspεtta

1548 May, Gian Giorgio Trissino, “Vigesimoquarto libro [Twenty-fourth book]”, in L'Italia liberata da' Gothi [Italy freed from the Goths], Rome: Valerio e Luigi Dorici, page 124:

Coming out of a secret hole, which, with the escort of the good Euloga, will lead you nearby Amatrice, where your company awaits

Poſcia dalla Valle Caﬅellana […] ſi arriua al nobile caﬅello Amatrice poﬅo ſotto la fontana del Tronto

1550, Leandro Alberti, “Abruzzo - duodecima regione [Abruzzo - twelfth region]”, in Descrittione di tutta Italia [Description of all of Italy], Venice: Pietro dei Nicolini da Sabbio, published 1551, page 219:

Afterwards, from Valle Castellana, one arrives to the noble borough of Amatrice, located below the source of the Tronto

aggiunto di colpo, e preſo per traslato dalla robuﬅezza di que’ dell’Amatrice, luogo del noﬅro Abruzzo, donde vengono a noi, ed altrove de’ validi tagliatori di boſchi, che dan colpi di accettate formidali, onde andarono in prov. i colpi amatriciani

1789, “Matresciano”, in Vocabolario delle parole del dialetto napoletano [Vocabulary of the words of the Neapolitan dialect], volume 1, Naples: Giuseppe Maria Porcelli, page 220:

Said of a strike, and taken as a transferred sense from the strength of those of Amatrice, a place in our Abruzzo, whence—here and elsewhere—come skilled lumberjacks, who deliver formidable blows with the axe, whence the strikes of Amatrice became proverbial

A small town in Rieti, Lazio, also used absolutely as l'Amatrice


Sara

From Latin Sāra, from Ancient Greek Σᾱ́ρᾱ (Sā́rā), from Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (Śārāh).

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Sarah


Luigi

→ Albanian: Luigj

→ Sicilian: Luiggi

desc

→ Chinese: → 路易吉 (Lùyìjí) (transliteration)

Adaptation of Old French Louis, Looïs, Luis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).
Compare English Louis, Spanish Luis, German Ludwig, Sicilian Luici.
Compare the same phono-morphological output also for Parigi (“Paris”), Tamigi (“Thames”), Dionigi (“Dionysius”), artigiano (“artisan”) or parmigiano (“parmesan”).

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Louis, Lewis

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Louis, notably borne by several French monarchs.


Clarissa

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Clarissa; see there for more. As a female name, popularized by English Clarice, Clarisse, etc.


Penelope

From the Ancient Greek Πηνελόπη (Pēnelópē).


D.C.

Democrazia Cristiana
Democrazia Cristiana#Italian


Angelica

an order of nuns (or a member of that order)


Betta

a female given name, diminutive of Elisabetta


Giacomo

From Late Latin Iācomus, dialect variant of Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ).

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James or Jacob


Rodrigo

From Spanish Rodrigo, ultimately from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (*hrōþireiks), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþirīks.

a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Roderick


Corea

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


Lorenzo

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Laurence


Crimea

→ English: Crimea


Adamo

From Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

der

a male given name, equivalent to English Adam


Adriano

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Adrian


Alano

a male given name, equivalent to English Alan


Abramo

From Late Latin Ābraham, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (avrahám, “Abraham”).

uder

(Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i) Abraham

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abraham


Knesset

Borrowed from Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (k'néset).


Gina

English: Gina

a diminutive of the female given names Gia or Luigina, feminine equivalent Gino


Adolfo

From Latin Adolphus, Adolfus, from earlier Adalulfus, from Old High German Adalwolf, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalawulfaz (literally “noble wolf”).

der

a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Adolph


Achille

a male given name of Ancient Greek origin


Albano

a male given name, equivalent to English Alban


Abbondio

a male given name. The Italian equivalent of Abundius


Adalberto

From Latin Adalbertus, from Frankish *Aþalberht.

a male given name, equivalent to English Ethelbert, older form of Alberto


Ernesto

a male given name from German, equivalent to English Ernest


Elisa

a female given name, short for Elisabetta


Venere

(mythology, Roman mythology) Venus (Roman goddess)


Nettuno

A small coastal town in Lazio, Italy, site of an Allied landing during World War II


Kirghizistan

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


Tiscali

a mountain near Nuoro in Sardinia containing an archaeological village

an Italian telecommunications company and ISP


Palio

Palio delle Contrade
Palio delle Contrade


Coppa

Any of several cups given as a sporting trophy (in combination)


Cristoforo

a male given name, equivalent to English Christopher


Nuova Zelanda

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


Saddam

Transliteration of Arabic صَدَّام (ṣaddām).

translit

صَدَّام صدام#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name صَدَّام (ṣaddām)


Hussein

Transliteration of Arabic حُسَيْن (ḥusayn).

حُسَيْن حسين#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name and surname حُسَيْن (ḥusayn)


Cappadocia

From Latin Cappadocia, from Ancient Greek Καππαδοκία (Kappadokía), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 (k-t-p-tu-u-k /katpatuka/).

der

Cappadocia (region in Asia Minor, first a country and then a Roman province)


Clinton

Unadapted borrowing from English Clinton.


Interlaken

Unadapted borrowing from German Interlaken.


Renata

a female given name, equivalent to English Renée


Sonia

a female given name, equivalent to English Sonya


Vanessa

a female given name from English, of recent usage


Cristo

From Latin Chrīstus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), calqued after Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).


Miserere

Borrowed from Latin miserēre (“have pity”), the first word of the 51st Psalm, probably a nickname for a foundling.

bor+

a surname transferred from the nickname [in turn from Latin]


Lorena

administrative region
administrative region

Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)


Franco

a male given name, equivalent to English Frank


Illuminati

Patronymic or plural form of Illuminato.


Emilia

a female given name, equivalent to English Emily

(historical) Emilia (a historical region in Italy, approximately coterminous with modern Emilia-Romagna)


Leonardo

From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German Leonhart (literally “as strong as a lion”), from leo (“lion”) and hart (“hard, strong”).

der

a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard


Sutherland

A former county of Scotland, since 1975 part of Highland region

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

A neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

A small city in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States

An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri, United States

A village in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States

census-designated place
census-designated place

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

Dinwiddie County
Dinwiddie County#English

An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States

An unincorporated community in the towns of Delta and Mason, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States


Cornelia

From Latin Cornelia, feminine form of Cornelius.


Praga

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


Medici

a surname of a powerful and influential aristocratic Florentine family from the 13th to 17th centuries


Porto Rico

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


Uppsala

Borrowed from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).

com

plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">salr</i>

Uppsala (a city in eastern central Sweden)


Mozambico

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Lamborghini

A compound of Germanic *landą ("land") or *lambaz ("lamb") + *burgz ("fortified city").


Pelosi

English: Pelosi

desc

→ Chinese: → 佩洛西 (Pèiluòxī) (transliteration)


Pelosini

From peloso (“hairy”) + -ino (“-ini (“diminutive suffix”)”).


Stretto di Messina

lo Stretto di Messina (canonical masculine)


Aleo

Recorded in Medieval Latin as Aleum, from Arabic عَالِي (ʕālī, “high”).

an Italian (Sicilian) habitational name varying as Alì or Aleo in the Messina province


Bosnia-Erzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

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


Erzegovina

From Serbo-Croatian Хѐрцеговина (Hèrcegovina).

der

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


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”).


Pasqua

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), ultimately from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh, “Passover”). The surname was given to someone who was born this day.


Luciano

a male given name, equivalent to English Lucian


Epifania

l'Epifania (canonical feminine)
Epifanie (plural rare)

Learned borrowing from Latin epiphanīa, from Ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια (epipháneia, “manifestation, striking appearance”). Doublet of Befana.


Epifania

Directly borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια (epipháneia).

a female given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “someone born around Epiphany”, masculine equivalent Epifanio


Befana

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin *epiphanĭa for Latin epiphanīa, from Ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια (epipháneia, “manifestation, striking appearance”). Doublet of Epifania.

(folklore) a folkloric figure resembling an ugly but kind old witch who gives treats or presents to children in the night before Epiphany


Betlemme

From Ecclesiastical Latin Bēthlehēmum, Bēthlehem, from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Biblical Hebrew בֵּית לֶחֶם (bet léchem).


Epifanio

a male given name for someone born around Epiphany


Gran Bretagna

(extensively, mistakenly) the United Kingdom

extensively; mistakenly; extensively; mistakenly


Regno Unito

Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord


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)


Stati Uniti

From stati + uniti. Calque of English United States.

United States (a country in North America)


AFI

International Phonetic Alphabet
International Phonetic Alphabet#English


Michelangelo

From Michele (“Michael”) + Angelo (“Angel”), referring to Michael the Archangel.


Francesca

The feminine form of Francesco (“Francis”), from Late Latin Franciscus, from Francia (“France”) + -iscus (“-ish”). See Latin Francisca.

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Frances


Silvio

a male given name, equivalent to English Silvius


Groenlandia

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


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”).


Mogadiscio

uder

Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū)


Stivale

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


Francesco

From Medieval Latin Franciscus, derived from Francia, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).

a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Francesca, equivalent to English Francis


Gianni

Johnny. a male given name, diminutive of Giovanni


Indo

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


Anastasio

From Latin Anastasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀναστάσιος (Anastásios).


Anastasio

a surname transferred from the given name


Pentateuco

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντάτευχος (pentáteukhos), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + τεῦχος (teûkhos, “tool, scroll, book”).

bor+

(biblical) Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible)


Wuhan

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


San Valentino

Saint Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day (a holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love)


Valentino

a male given name, feminine equivalent Valentina, equivalent to English Valentine


Valentino

English: Valentino

a surname, equivalent to English Valentine


Marietta

a diminutive of the female given name Maria


Argentino

Patronymic surname from a diminutive of the rare personal name Argento, from argento (“silver”).


Levante

the eastern end of the Ligurian Riviera (see also Ponente)


Chiara

From chiara (“bright”), see there for more.

a female given name, equivalent to English Clara or Claire


Parioli

it-proper noun

Parioli m pl or m (sometimes plural only, in variation)

From Monti Parioli, three hills that the district was built on. Itself of uncertain origin, possibly from Latin paries (“wall”) (whence Italian parete), in reference to the steep slope the San Valentino hill makes facing Via Flaminia.

essere dei Parioli / essere di Parioli


Assalonne

a male given name. Italian equivalent of Absalom


Aronne

From Latin Arōn, Aarōn, from Biblical Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn).

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron


Abigaille

(rare) a female given name, variant of Abigail


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)


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)


Jacopo

From Late Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “he will/shall heel”), from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel”).

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English James or Jacob


Enrico

From Old High German Haimirich, composed of Heim (“home”) + rihhi (“ruler”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Henry


Edgardo

a male given name, equivalent to English Edgar


Arturo

Derived from Proto-Celtic *artos (“bear”).

der+

a male given name, equivalent to English Arthur


Arturo

Derived from Latin Arctūrus, from Ancient Greek Ἀρκτοῦρος (Arktoûros).


sessantotto

From sessanta (“sixty”) + otto (“eight”).


Monte Bianco

Literally, “white mountain”. Cognate to French mont Blanc.