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Italia

English translation/equivalent: Italia

Origin: Name that is ideological, patriotic, and nationalistic, diffused mostly during the Renaissance and the first World War with reference to the wars for the unity and independence of Italy.

Name Day/Onomastico: August 19—together with St. Italo the martyr.

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: feminine form of Italo

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