italian regions - adjectival forms
Someone from Canada is a Canadian. Someone from the U.S. is an American. But what do you call people from the various Italian regions we learned a while back? That's the topic of today's Italian flashcard set - it's not always obvious!
Take note - the region (a noun) is capped but the adjectival form is not. E.g. the region is Toscana (cap). The adjectival form ("Tuscan wine") is toscano - vino toscano. No cap. A resident of the region ("a Tuscan" in English) is un toscano (an adjective used as a noun - still no cap).
Abruzzo
abruzzese
Basilicata
lucano, -a
Calabria
calabrese
Campania
campano, -a
Emilia-Romagna
emiliano, -a; romagnolo, -a
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
friulano, -a; giuliano, -a
Lazio
una persona del Lazio (the adjective "laziale" isn't used as a noun to refer to residents of Lazio)
Liguria
ligure
Lombardia
lombardo, -a
Marche
marchigiano, -a
Molise
molisano, -a
Piemonte
piemontese
Puglia
pugliese
Sardegna
sardo, -a
Sicilia
siciliano, -a
Toscana
toscano, -a
Trentino-Alto Adige
trentino, -a; altoatesino, -a
Umbria
umbro, -a
Valle d'Aosta
valdostano, -a
Veneto
veneto, -a
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