Itāria
1. (loan) (location) Italy - a country in Southern Europe.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70;)
Nā te tokoiti o ngā tāngata mai i ngā moutere, pōhēhē ai ētahi he tangata rātou nō Kirihi, nō Repanona, nō Itāria, nō te tonga o Amerika rānei (Te Ara). / Because there are so few people from the islands, some mistake them to be from Greece, Lebanon, Italy or South America.
2. (loan) (modifier) Italian.
Tērā tētahi mango nui kai tangata nei i patua e tētahi pīho, Itāria i Pōneke... (TJ 26/10/1899:6). / There was a large man-eating shark killed by an Italian fisherman in Wellington...
3. (loan) (noun) Italian.
I te haerenga o te emepara ki te mātakitaki i taua tāone, kīhei ngā Itāria i tukua kia tata ki te tāone, ko te take he tūpato mō taua iwi kei kōhurutia te emepara (TJ 3/11/1898:5). / When the emperor was going around looking at that town, the Italians were not allowed near the town, because of a warning about those people that they might murder the emperor.
