noun
a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD (Freq. 6)
• Syn: ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Italian
• Members of this Region:
↑al dente, ↑Cannae, ↑Caporetto, ↑battle of Caporetto, ↑Lake Trasimenus, ↑Battle of Lake Trasimenus, ↑Magenta, ↑Battle of Magenta, ↑Marengo, ↑Metaurus River, ↑Ravenna, ↑Battle of Ravenna, ↑Salerno, ↑Solferino, ↑battle of Solferino, ↑Trasimeno, ↑battle of Trasimeno, ↑spaghetti Western, ↑aloha, ↑ciao, ↑Italian, ↑grissino, ↑polenta, ↑squid, ↑calamari, ↑calamary, ↑Red Brigades, ↑Brigate Rosse, ↑BR, ↑Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus, ↑Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei, ↑NIPR, ↑commune, ↑Basilicata, ↑Lucania, ↑Calabria
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑European country, ↑European nation
• Member Holonyms:
↑European Union, ↑EU, ↑European Community, ↑EC, ↑European Economic Community, ↑EEC, ↑Common Market, ↑Europe, ↑North Atlantic Treaty Organization, ↑NATO
• Part Holonyms: ↑Europe
• Part Meronyms:
↑Appian Way, ↑Flaminian Way, ↑Italian Peninsula, ↑Pompeii, ↑Herculaneum, ↑Abruzzi, ↑Abruzzi e Molise, ↑Basilicata, ↑Lucania, ↑Bolzano, ↑Brescia, ↑Calabria, ↑Campania, ↑Ferrara, ↑Emilia-Romagna, ↑Friuli-Venezia Giulia, ↑Latium, ↑Lazio, ↑Rome, ↑Roma, ↑Eternal City, ↑Italian capital, ↑capital of Italy, ↑Anzio, ↑Brindisi, ↑Tivoli, ↑Tibur, ↑Liguria, ↑Lombardy, ↑Lombardia, ↑Marche, ↑Marches, ↑Molise, ↑Papal States, ↑Piedmont, ↑Piemonte, ↑Puglia, ↑Apulia, ↑Sardinia, ↑Sardegna, ↑Sicily, ↑Sicilia, ↑Tuscany, ↑Toscana, ↑Trentino-Alto Adige, ↑Umbria, ↑Valle D'Aosta, ↑Veneto, ↑Venezia-Euganea, ↑Venetia, ↑Etruria, ↑Tyrol, ↑Tirol, ↑Riviera, ↑Savoy, ↑Vesuvius, ↑Mount Vesuvius, ↑Mt. Vesuvius, ↑Adige, ↑River Adige, ↑Alps, ↑the Alps, ↑Apennines, ↑Arno, ↑Arno River, ↑River Arno, ↑Bay of Naples, ↑Brenner Pass, ↑Dolomite Alps, ↑Matterhorn, ↑Mont Blanc, ↑Monte Bianco, ↑Po, ↑Po River, ↑Tyrolean Alps
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a country in southern Europe
Useful english dictionary. 2012.