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  [Italian eer-ree-den-tah] /Italian ˌir riˈdɛn tɑ/ noun 1. See under (def 1). [ir-i-den-tist] /ˌɪr ɪˈdɛn tɪst/ noun 1. (usually initial capital letter) a member of an Italian association that became prominent in 1878, advocating the redemption, or the incorporation into Italy, of certain neighboring regions (Italia irredenta) having a primarily Italian population. 2. a member […]

• Italian-american

  noun, adjective an American citizen of Italian descent Examples The 1990 U.S. Census reported some 14.7 million Italian-Americans.

• Italian-aster

  noun 1. a composite plant, Aster amellus, of Eurasia, having clustered, purple flower heads.

• Italianate

  [adjective ih-tal-yuh-neyt, -nit; verb ih-tal-yuh-neyt] /adjective ɪˈtæl yəˌneɪt, -nɪt; verb ɪˈtæl yəˌneɪt/ adjective 1. Italianized; conforming to the Italian type or style or to Italian customs, manners, etc. 2. Art. in the style of Renaissance or Baroque Italy. 3. Architecture. noting or pertaining to a mid-Victorian American style remotely based on Romanesque vernacular residential and […]

• Italian band

  the name of the Roman cohort to which Cornelius belonged (Acts 10:1), so called probably because it consisted of men recruited in Italy.

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