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Italy

Pronunciation:  'itlee

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 Definition: [n]  
 
 Synonyms: Italia, Italian Republic
 
 See Also: Abruzzi, Abruzzi e Molise, Adige, Alps, Apennines, Appian Way, Apulia, Arno, Basilicata, battle of Caporetto, Battle of Lake Trasimenus, battle of Magenta, battle of Ravenna, battle of Solferino, battle of Trasimeno, Brindisi, Calabria, Campania, Cannae, capital of Italy, Caporetto, Common Market, Dolomite Alps, EC, EEC, Emilia-Romagna, Eternal City, Etruria, EU, Europe, European Community, European country, European Economic Community, European nation, European Union, Flaminian Way, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Herculaneum, Italian capital, Italian Peninsula, Lake Trasimenus, Latium, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Lombardy, Lucania, Magenta, Marche, Marches, Marengo, Matterhorn, Metaurus River, Molise, Mount Vesuvius, Mt. Vesuvius, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Piedmont, Piemonte, Pompeii, Puglia, Ravenna, River Adige, River Arno, Riviera, Roma, Rome, Salerno, Sardegna, Sardinia, Sicilia, Sicily, Solferino, the Alps, Tibur, Tivoli, Toscana, Trasimeno, Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany, Umbria, Valle D'Aosta, Venetia, Veneto, Venezia-Euganea, Vesuvius

 

 

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Acts 18:2; 27:1, 6; Heb. 13:24), like most geographical names, was differently used at different periods of history. As the power of Rome advanced, nations were successively conquered and added to it till it came to designate the whole country to the south of the Alps. There was constant intercourse between Palestine and Italy in the time of the Romans.

 

 

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