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Italianation

Italianation noun: the process of making something Italian.

Noun

Italianation (uncountable)

  1. The process of making something Italian.
    • Yet it must be remembered […] that stalwart Protestants and stout Englishmen feared and loathed the Italianation of anything English; […]2004, George Saintsbury, Mohit K. Ray (foreword), History of English Criticism (page 43)

Questions about Italianation

What does Italianation mean?
Italianation means the process of making something Italian.
What part of speech is Italianation?
Italianation is a noun.

Words near Italianation in the dictionary

  1. Italianate
  2. Italianated
  3. Italianately
  4. Italianates
  5. Italianating
  6. Italianation
  7. Italianesque
  8. Italianicity
  9. Italianisation
  10. Italianise
  11. Italianised

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