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
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
Nash, whose mother is Italian and father half-Italian, said Italian-Americans everywhere deserve better.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2016
The houses are mostly of that curious half-Italian, half-Oriental style which we find in almost all Southern and Eastern seaports.
From Burma Peeps at Many Lands by R. Talbot (Robert Talbot) Kelly
