Italy
geographical name
It·a·ly ˈi-tə-lē 
variants or Italian Italia
ē-ˈtäl-yä
or Latin Italia ə-ˈtal-yə
i-
1
peninsula 760 miles (1223 kilometers) long in southern Europe projecting into the Mediterranean between the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian seas
2
country comprising the peninsula of Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and numerous other islands; a republic since 1946, formerly a kingdom; capital Rome area 116,348 square miles (301,340 square kilometers), population 62,247,000
see also italian