Emilia-Romagna

English

Location of Emilia-Romagna in Italy

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Emilia-Romagna, from the former regions Emilia and Romagna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈmiːljə ɹəʊˈmɑːnjə/

Proper noun

Emilia-Romagna

  1. An administrative region of northern Italy. Capital: Bologna.

Meronyms

  • Emilian-Romagnol

Translations

See also

Italian

Etymology

From the former regions Emilia and Romagna, from Latin (via) Aemilia, the Roman road connecting Rome to northern Italy, named after the consul Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Romania, the name of the Eastern Roman Empire applied to Ravenna by the Lombards after the fall of the Western Roman Empire and in the days when Ravenna was a city of the east.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈmi.lja roˈmaɲ.ɲa/
  • Hyphenation: E‧mì‧lia‧Ro‧mà‧gna

Proper noun

Emilia-Romagna f

  1. Emilia-Romagna (an administrative region of northern Italy)
  • emiliano-romagnolo

See also

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