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Printed Reference : Historical Dictionaries, Italy |
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Note : the following compilations of definitions covers the territory of the modern Republic
of Italy, and, prior to 1859/1918, the Italian States. A . B . C . D . E . F . G . I . L . M . N . O . P . R . S . T . U . V . Z A Abissinia . Abyssinia, Ethiopia Africa Orientale Italiana . Italian East Africa Alleati . Allies Alsazia . Alsace, Elsass Alto Adige Ambasciator . ambassador Amburgo . Hamburg Ammiraglio . admiral Anabattisti . Anabaptists Antisemitismo . anti-Semitism Anverso . Antwerpen (Antwerp) Aquisgrana . Aachen, Aix-la-Chapelle Aragona . Aragon Arcivescovo . archbishop Aristocrazia . aristocracy Armistizio . armistice Arsenale . arsenal Asburgo . Habsburg Assedio . siege Assia . Hessen, Hesse Atto . act Autarchia . autarchy, autarky Azzore . Açores (Azores) B Balcani . Balkans Basilia . Basel, city in Switzerland Battaglia . battle Baviera . Bayern, Bavaria Belgio . Belgium Il Biennio Rosso . Red Biennium (1919-1920) Blocco Continentale . Continental Blockade Boemia . Bohemia Bolzano . Bozen, capital of Südtirol Borghesia . class of the burghers, bourgeoisie Borsa . bourse, stock exchange Briganti . brigands Brigate Rosse . Red Brigades C Caduta di Venezia . Fall of Venice Calvinismo . Calvinism Candia . Crete la Carta Atlantica . Atlantic Charter Castello . castle Castiglia . Castile Cavalieri di Malta . Maltese Knights Cecoslovacchia Czechoslovakia la Chiesa . the church Cile . Chile Cina . China Cipro . Cyprus Citta . city Cittadini . burghers Classe Operaia . working class Colonialismo . colonialism Compromesso Storico . Historic Compromise Concilio . (Church) Council Concilio di Trento . Council of Trent, 1545-1563 Concordato . concordat Congiura . conjuration Contea . county la Contro Riforma . counterreformation Controrivoluzione . counterrevolution Corporazione . corporations Costituzione . constitution Cristianita . christianity la Crociata . crusade Il Crollo di Wall Street . Wall Street Crush, 1929 Cronologia . chronology D Dalmazia . Dalmatia Danimarca . Denmark Democrazia . Democracy Democrazia Italiana . DC, Christian Democratic Party, est. 1942 Destra . the right Dieta . diet Dinastia . dynasty Diritti del'Uomo . Human Rights Dodecanneso . the Dodecanese Dominio . rule, domination Duca . duke Due Sicilie . Two Sicilies E Ebrei . Hebrews, Jews Economia Pianificata . Planned Economy Egitto . Egypt Elezione . election Emigrazione . emigration Eretici . Heretics Esercito . army Esilio . exile l'Esodo Albanese . Albanian Exodus Esplorazioni . explorations Eurocomunismo . Eurocommunism F Fasci di Combattimento . name of Fascist organization, est. 1919 Fascismo . Fascism Ferrovia . Railway Feudalesimo . feudalism Fiandre . Vlaanderen, Flanders Filoborbonici . Philo-Bourbons; supporters of the Bourbon Dynasty in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies Firenze . Florence ; Fiorentini the Florentines Fiume . Rijeka. Flotta . fleet Forza Lavoro . work force, labour force Francia . France Fuga . flight, escape G Genova . Genoa Germania . Germany Gesuiti . Jesuits Ghetto Giacobini . Jacobins Giansenismo . Jansenism Ginevra . Geneva, city in western Switzerland ; in French : Geneve Giovine Italia . Young Italy Grecia . Greece Grigione . Graubünden, Grischun, Grisons; canton of Switzerland Guerra . war Guerra dei Poveri . War of the Poor, 1860-1865 Guerra d'Indipendenza . literally : War of Independence (wars of 1859-1861 leading to Italian unification) la Guerra Fredda . the Cold War Guerra Turca . Italo-Ottoman War 1911-1912 Guerriglieri . guerrilleros I Illuminismo . enlightenment Imperator . emperor Impero Ottomano . Ottoman Empire l'Incontro di Teano . literally : the Encounter of Teano; in English, usually : the Handshake of Teano Incoronazione . coronation Indice dei Libri Proibiti . index of forbidden books Industrializzazione . industrialization Industrie Belliche . arms industry Inghilterra . England Inquisizione . inquisition Insurrezione . insurrection Irredentismo . irredentism L Lazio . region surrounding Rome, in Latin : Latium. Lega Cambrai . League of Cambrai 1508-1509 Lega Nord Northern League Lega Santa . Holy League 1511-1516 la Legge Acerbo . Acerbo Law 1923 Leggi Razziali . Race Laws Leva di Massa . levee en masse, mandatory military service Liberalismo . liberalism Liberismo . free market policy Liguria . coastal region in northwestern Italy, largely identical with the territory of the Republic of Genoa Lituania . Lithuania Lombardia . Lombardy Londra . London Lorena . Lorraine Lubecca . Lübeck Lubiana . Ljubljana, Laibach M Macchina a Vapore . steam engine Madera . Madeira Magistrato . city council, magistrate Manifattura . manufacture Mantova . Mantua le Marche . the Marches Marcia su Roma . March on Rome (1922) Massoneria . masonry, freemasonry Medioevo . Middle Ages Messico . Mexico Milano . Milan i Mille di Garibaldi Garibaldi's Thousand Mobilitazione Generale . general mobilization Monaco . monk Morea . the Peloponnese Mosca . Moscow il Movimento Femminista . Feminist Movement N Napoli . Naples Nazionalismo . nationalism Nepotismo . nepotism Nizza . Nice Nobilta . nobility Novecento . 19th Century O Olanda . Holland Olocausto . Holocaust Opposizione . opposition ortodossa . orthodox Ottocento . 18th Century P Pace . peace Padania Paesi Basi . Low Countries Palazzo . palace Papa . pope Parigi . Paris Partigiani . partisans (resistance fighters) Partito . party Patrizi . patricians PCI . Partito Comunista Italiana, Communist Party of Italy, est. 1921 'Pericolo Rosso' . red danger il Piano Marshall . Marshall Plan (1947) Pietroburgo . St. Petersburg Polonia . Poland Popolo . people Portogallo . Portugal Potenze Europee . European Powers Prima Guerra Mondiale . World War I Protezionismo . protectionism Puglia . Apulia R Re . king Regno . kingdom Renania . the (German) Rhineland Repubblica . republic Repubblica Cisalpina . Cisalpine Republic Repubblica Italiana . Italian Republic (1802-1805) Repubblica di Salo . Republic of Salo, 1943-1945 Repubblica Partenopea . Parthenopean Republic/A> (Naples 1799) Repubblica Romana . Roman Republic Repubblica Sociale Italiana . Social Republic of Italy; official name of the Republic of Salo, 1943-1945 Repubbliche Partigiane . Partisan Republics, 1943-1945 Restaurazione . restauration, restoration Ribellione . rebellion la Riforma Cattolica . Catholic Reformation la Riforma Protestante . Protestant Reformation Rinascimento . Renaissance Rivoluzione . Revolution Rivoluzione Industriale . Industrial Revolution Rodi . Rhodes (Rhodos) Roma . Rome Russia Bianca . Belarus, Belorussia, White Russia S Sacco di Roma . sack of Rome, 1527 Sanfedisti . reactionary/royalist-antirevolutionary militia in Naples c. 1800 Santa Sede . Holy See Sanzioni . sanctions Sardegna . Sardinia Sassonia . Saxony Savoia . Savoy Scisma . schism Scozia . Scotland Seconda Guerra Mondiale . World War II 1940-1945 (Italian participation) Sede Vacante . the situation when the Holy See is vacant, i.e. between the death of the pope and the election of his successor. Senato . senate Sicilia . Sicily Signoria . lordship, control over a barony or city. cf French : seigneurie Sinistra . the left Sionismo . Zionism Slesia . Schlesien, Silesia Societa delle Nazioni . League of Nations Societa Segrete . secret societies Sovranita . sovereignty Spagna . Spain Spartizione Polonica . Polish Partition Stati Nazionali . Nation States Stati Uniti . United States Stato . state lo Stato Pontificio . the Papal State Suffragio Universale . universal suffrage Svezia . Sweden Svizzera . Switzerland T Tedeschi . the Germans Teocrazia . theocracy Terraferma . Venice's mainland possessons in Italy Terrasanta . the Holy Land Tiranneggia . tyranny Toscana . Tuscany Trattato . treaty Triplice Alleanza . Triple Alliance Turchi . Turks Turchia . Turkey U Umanesimo . Humanism Ungheria . Hungary Unificazione d'Italia . Unification of Italy Universita . university V Valdesi . Waldensians Valtellina . in German : Veltlin Venassino . Venaissin; County surrounding Avignon (SE France); possession of the Papal State until the French Revolution Veneto . hinterland of Venice Venezia . Venice Vescovi . bishops Viaggi . Travels Vicere . viceroy Vichinghi . Vikings Volontari . volunteers Z Zurigo . Zürich, city in Switzerland |
