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Encyclopedia > Italian

Italian may refer to :*Italy, a country

In other: Italian ( , or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people,[1] primarily in Italy and Switzerland. ... Languages Italian, Sicilian, Neapolitan, Corsican, Sardinian, Emiliano-Romagnolo, Ligurian, Lombard, Piedmontese, Venetian, Ladin, Friulian Religions predominantly Roman Catholic      The Italians are a Southern European ethnic group found primarily in Italy and in a wide-ranging diaspora throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Contents // Categories: Art stubs | Art by nationality | Art history | Italian culture ... Italian cuisine is extremely varied: the country of Italy was only officially unified in 1861, and its cuisines reflect the cultural variety of its regions and its diverse history (with culinary influences from Greek, Roman, Gaul, Germanic, Goth, Norman, Lombard, Frank, Turkish, Hebrew, Slavic, Arab and Chinese civilizations). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had discovered the medium, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Since Roman times, Italy has been one of the cultural centers for all of Europe. ... Italian opera can be divided into three periods, the Baroque, the Romantic and the modern. ... Italian literature is literature written in the Italian language, particularly by citizens of Italy. ... A Petrarchan sonnet, also called the Italian sonnet, is a sonnet comprising an octave and a closing sestet. ... Italy is one of the worlds leading football nations. ... The Italian Game is a chess opening, or more accurately a family of chess openings, characterized by the moves 1. ... Categories: Stub ... ISO 4217 Code ITL User(s) Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, but not Campione dItalia Inflation 2. ... The Ping-Pong virus (also called Boot, Bouncing Ball, Bouncing Dot, Italian, Italian-A or VeraCruz) is a boot sector virus discovered on March 1, 1988 at the University of Turin in Italy. ... The Ping-Pong virus (also called Boot, Bouncing Ball, Bouncing Dot, Italian, Italian-A or VeraCruz) is a boot sector virus discovered on March 1, 1988 at the University of Turin in Italy. ... A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. ...

See also: The Italian Job is a British comedy caper film, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, produced by Michael Deeley and directed by Peter Collinson. ... The Italian Job is a 2003 action-adventure film, directed by F. Gary Gray. ...

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