Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

over the centuries **

Italians , flag = , flag_caption = The national flag of Italy , population = , regions = Italy 55,551,000 , region1 = Brazil , pop1 = 25–33 million , ref1 = , region2 ...

, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom **

Italian language Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 85 m ...

, a Romance language ***

Regional Italian Regional Italian ( it, italiano regionale) is any regional"Regional" in the broad sense of the word; not to be confused with the Italian endonym , for Italy's administrative units. variety of the Italian language. Such vernacular varieties and ...

, regional variants of the Italian language **

Languages of Italy The languages of Italy include Italian, which serves as the country's national language, in its standard and regional forms, as well as numerous local and regional languages, most of which, like Italian, belong to the broader Romance group ...

, languages and dialects spoken in Italy **

Italian culture Italy is considered one of the birthplaces of Western civilization and a cultural superpower. Italian culture is the culture of the Italians, a Romance ethnic group, and is incredibly diverse spanning the entirety of the Italian peninsula ...

, cultural features of Italy **

Italian cuisine Italian cuisine (, ) is a Mediterranean cuisine#CITEREFDavid1988, David 1988, Introduction, pp.101–103 consisting of the ingredients, recipes and List of cooking techniques, cooking techniques developed across the Italian Peninsula and late ...

, traditional foods **

Folklore of Italy Folklore of Italy refers to the folklore and urban legends of Italy. Within the Italian territory, various peoples have followed one another over time, each of which has left its mark on current culture. Some tales also come from Christianization ...

, the folklore and urban legends of Italy **

Mythology of Italy Mythology of Italy refers to the mythology of people living in Italy. Major pantheons }; el, Διόσκουροι ''Dioskouroi'' "sons of Zeus" , - , rowspan=1, Etruscan mythology , Tages , align=left, He was a founding prophet of Etruscan re ...

, traditional religion and beliefs

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Italian dressing Italian dressing is a vinaigrette-type salad dressing in American cuisine that consists of water, vinegar or lemon juice, vegetable oil, chopped bell peppers, sugar or corn syrup, herbs and spices (including oregano, fennel, dill and salt) and s ...

, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the

Ping-Pong virus 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 ''Politecnico di Torino'' (Turin Polytechnic University) in Italy. It was likely the mo ...

, an extinct computer virus

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