Italy

geographical name

It·​a·​ly ˈi-tə-lē 

variants or Italian Italia

ē-ˈtäl-yä 

or Latin Italia

ə-ˈtal-yə 

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1

peninsula 760 miles (1223 kilometers) long in southern Europe projecting into the Mediterranean between the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian seas

2

country comprising the peninsula of Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and numerous other islands; a republic since 1946, formerly a kingdom; capital Rome area 116,348 square miles (301,340 square kilometers), population 62,247,000

see also italian