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Italianization

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[i-tal-yuhn-uhz-ay-shuhn, -ahyz-] / ɪˌtæl jən əzˈeɪ ʃən, -aɪz- /

noun

  1. the process of making or becoming Italian.


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“It’s bunk,” Francis said, using an Italianization of a Spanish expression.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2023

Forsaken or not, the stubborn Tyrolese still resisted Italianization, and Benito Mussolini must have reluctantly concluded that these Germans would always be Germans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beside Italian and English, Maltese have a language of their own and this the British Government has attempted to encourage as a means of fighting further Italianization.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nonetheless, some political observers last week were starting to speculate about still another Italianization: the possible erosion of central-government authority.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of these timber merchants presented an example of Italianization.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Henry Baerlein

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