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Italian definition

Ital·ian (i tal′yən)

adjective

of Italy or its people, language, or culture

Etymology: ME < L Italianus < Italia

noun

  1. a person born or living in Italy
  2. the Romance language spoken in Italy

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Italian Synonyms

Italian

modif.

Italic, Roman, Latin, Etruscan, Umbrian, Ligurian, Tuscan, Florentine, Milanese, Venetian, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Calabrian, Adriatic.


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Italian quotes

I earn it by enjoying such authorityand prestige that people will not buy expensive Italian pictures without myapproval.

-Berenson, Bernard

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horseöGerman.

-CharlesV

England is a great and powerful nation, foremost in human progress, enemy to despotism, the only safe refuge for the exile, friend of the oppressed. If ever England should be so circumstanced as to require the help of anyally, cursed be the Italian who would not step forward with me in her defence.

-Garibaldi, Giuseppe

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