Italia en · PROPN
Etymology
From Italian Italia. Doublet of Italy.
Meanings
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(rare) Synonym of Italy.
I’ve used language gimmicks in several puzzles (recently used answer/clue: TRE – “It’s over due in Italia”).
2016 December 11, Deb Amlen, quoting Mark McClain, “Communication Problem”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2016:I reached the Alps: the soul within me burned / Italia, my Italia, at thy name: / And when from out the mountain’s heart I came / And saw the land for which my life had yearned, / I laughed as one who some great prize had earned: […]
1881, Oscar Wilde, “[Rosa Mystica.] Sonnet on approaching Italy.”, in Poems, London: David Bogue, […], →OCLC, page 39:Carolina Kostner of Italia does good.
2014 February 20, Liza Donnelly, “Live-Drawing Women’s Figure Skating”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025:There, through each long happy day, winding slowly on our way, / Travellers from across the ocean, toward Italia journeyed we,— / Each long day, that, richer, fairer, / Showed the charming Riviera.
1866 February, James Freeman Clarke, “Riviera di Ponente”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022, page 202: