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Italian exonyms

Below is list of Italian language exonyms for places in non-Italian-speaking areas of the world

Albania

Algeria

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Canada

Chile

China

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Croatia

These Italian names are not full exonyms, since they are used by the autochthonous Italian population.

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

France

The island of Corsica is french since 1768, after the domination under the Republic of Genoa and the Corsican Republic. Italian was the official language of the County of Nice and Savoy until 1860. Otherwise, La Brigue (Briga Marittima) and Tende (Tenda) were italian communes until 1947.

Nice

All these names were officially used until 1860, because the County of Nice was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, an Italian State. In 1860 the County passed to France.

Grasse

Historical parts

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guatemala

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Latvia

Italy

Aosta Valley

fr. Vallée d'Aoste – it. Valle d'Aosta: [French names to 1861] - 1939–1947

Under Mussolini, a forced program of Italianization that included the translation of all toponyms into Italian occurred. As the region gained special autonomous status after the end of World War Two, the province of Aosta ceased to exist in 1945 and all the original French toponyms were reestablished as all the Italian ones were abolished, except from Aosta (co-official with the French Aoste).

Lebanon

Libya

Lithuania

Luxemburg

Malta

Italian was Malta's official language until 1934.

Mexico

Montenegro

All these names were used by the Italian autochthonous population and by Venetian Republic.

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

North Macedonia

Oman

Palestine

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia


Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Italian is one of the four official languages in Switzerland.

Canton of the Grisons

Historical Italian Names of the Municipalities in the Canton Grisons (ital. Cantone dei Grigioni) -[This material is taken from the book: ,,I Principali toponimi della Rezia curiense,,_Aurelio Garobbio_(autor)_/1941/- these names are marked with_*]-

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Vietnam

Unsorted

See also

References

  1. ^ "K'elafo, Somali Region, Ethiopia".
  2. ^ a b "Storia di Nizza". Fonti per la storia della critica d'arte (in Italian). University of Genoa.
  3. ^ (Italian) Il Regno di Sardegna nel 1843: cartina, popolazione e struttura del regno, on Storiologia.