Italian
adjective
of or relating to Italy, its people, or their language.
half-Italian
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a word derived from
Italian.
Example Sentences
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As I've mentioned before, culinary school was one of the first times that I felt pride in my half-Italian heritage.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2022
And because the character was supposed to be half-Italian, Mr. Michell believed Miss Weisz also had the right physical features and dark hair to match du Maurier’s physical descriptions.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2017
Your white, half-Italian husband, who’s wild about cake, who, in his pastry-crazed heart, truly believes people attend weddings to eat cake, blanched an extra shade of pale.
From Time ● Dec. 23, 2016
The half-Irish, half-Italian women posted prints of the pope and the Last Supper on the walls.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2016
"Will the Magyar's widow get anything?" asks O'Connor, one of the half-Irish, half-Italian miners, whose elbow Trueman brushes as he walks towards the court room.
From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Francis A. Adams
