Italy
['ɪtəlɪ]
Definition
(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.
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Examples
- The peninsula of Italy was not then the smiling land of vineyards and olive orchards it has since become. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The ideas of Kay, Wyatt and Hargreaves are said to have been anticipated in Italy. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A gentleman from Italy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Those who had never been to Italy believed it; so did some who had. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In 73 B.C. all Italy was terrified by a rising of the slaves, and particularly of the gladiators, led by a gladiator from Thessaly, Spartacus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I hate Italy and her national rant. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- France, Germany, Italy and Spain, were interposed, walls yet without a breach, between us and the plague. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And as the result of a quarrel with the King of Lombardy, his father-in-law, he conquered Lombardy and North Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Italy claims the honour among European nations of first introducing a machine for sowing grain. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- My father did not hestitate, and immediately went to Italy, that he might accompany the little Elizabeth to her future home. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The Bosnian annexation had the further effect of estranging Italy, which had hitherto been his ally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Whereupon Hannibal marched straight through the south of Gaul, and crossed the Alps (218 B.C.) into Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The first of these, the Appian Way, ran from Rome ultimately into the heel of Italy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tesla in the United States, Branly and Ducretet in France, Righi in Italy, the Russian savant, Popoff, and Professor Lodge, of England, have all made contributions to this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In May, 1915 (23rd), Italy joined the allies, and declared war upon Austria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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