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| Amerigo Vespucci |
an Italian navigator and explorer (b.1454--d.1512). |
| anti-Italian |
combined form of Italian. |
| antipasto |
in Italian cookery, an appetizer course including smoked meats, olives, fresh and pickled vegetables, cheese, and other foods. |
| arrivederci |
(Italian) until next time; good-bye (used to suggest that the separation will be brief). |
| Benito Mussolini |
an Italian Fascist leader and premier of Italy from 1922 to 1943 (b.1883--d.1945), also known as "Il Duce" (The Leader). |
| Black Shirt |
a member of a fascist military organization, esp. the former Italian one, whose uniform includes a black shirt. |
| boule2 |
(usu. pl.) a French lawn bowling game similar to the Italian boccie. [1/3 definitions] |
| buon giorno |
(Italian) good morning; good day. |
| calamari |
squid after it has been cooked, esp. as an Italian dish. |
| calzone |
an Italian dish consisting of a pizza-dough shell filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, or the like. |
| cantatrice |
(Italian and French) a professional female singer. |
| canzone |
a lyric poetry form used by Provençal or Italian troubadours in the thirteenth century. |
| Casanova |
Giovanni Jacopo, an Italian adventurer and writer (1725-98). [1/2 definitions] |
| casino |
a small Italian country house. [1/3 definitions] |
| Chianti |
a dry Italian table wine, usu. red. |
| Christopher Columbus |
an Italian navigator and explorer, and leader of the Spanish expedition that landed in America in 1492 (b.1451?--d.1506). |
| ciao |
(Italian) used as an expression of greeting or farewell. |
| commedia dell'arte |
a type of Italian comedy developed in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries in which masked players depicted stereotyped characters in stock situations. |
| contessa |
(Italian) countess. |
| Corsica |
a French Mediterranean island between Sardinia and the Italian coast. |
| dago |
(offensive slang) a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish descent. |
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