Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
ITALY
or Italian Italia or Latin Italia geographical name peninsula 760 miles (1223 kilometers ) long S Europe projecting into the Mediterranean between Adriatic & Tyrrhenian seas, country comprising the peninsula of italy, Sicily, Sardinia, & numerous other islands; a republic since 1946, formerly a kingdom capital Rome area 116,313 square miles (302,251 square kilometers ), population 57,235,000