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Definition of Italian capital
1. Noun. Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.
Geographical relationships: Lustrum, Catacomb, Circus, Pantheon, Toga Virilis, Bacchus, Augur, Auspex, Centurion, Gladiator, Pontifex, Procurator, Sibyl, Tribune, Roman, Romanic
Terms within: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Colosseum, Sistine Chapel, Seven Hills Of Rome, Lateran, Holy See, State Of The Vatican City, The Holy See
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy
Member holonyms: Roman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Italian Capital
Literary usage of Italian capital
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Italian Emigration of Our Times by Robert Franz Foerster (1919)
"... written in admiration of Anglo-Saxon traditions, showed how Italian capital
and enterprise might transform " Little Italy " into " Greater Italy. ..."
2. Italian Lanes and Highroads by Russel Woodward Leary (1912)
"VI MODERN ROME — THE Italian capital FROM the Porta del Popolo to the base of
the Capitoline Hill, straight as the ancient Via Lata which it perpetuates, ..."
3. Italy's Foreign and Colonial Policy: A Selection from the Speeches Delivered by Tommaso Tittoni, Maggiorino Ferraris (1914)
"... exportation of Italian capital to foreign countries is for the present nothing
but a dream. We have a proof of it in this : every time I have been urged ..."
4. Harvard Economic Studies by Harvard University Dept. of Economics (1919)
"... written in admiration of Anglo-Saxon traditions, showed how Italian capital
and enterprise might transform " Little Italy " into " Greater Italy. ..."
5. The Economic Foundations of Society by Achille Loria (1899)
"But at this time Italian capital was weak and but slightly developed, ...
Nevertheless, Italian capital finally attained a degree of development that ..."
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