Lazio
geographical name
La·zio ˈlät-sē-ˌō 
variants or Latin Latium
ˈlā-sh(ē-)əm
region of central Italy bordering on the Tyrrhenian Sea and traversed by the Tiber River; capital Rome population 5,502,886
Note: Latium was an ancient country inhabited by Latins and is a variant name of the present-day Italian region of Lazio whose boundaries correspond with it.