Republic of Italy

English

Proper noun

the Republic of Italy

1. The official name of Italy.

   Synonym: Italian Republic

   • 1962, Common Market Reporter, CCH Editions Limited, →ISBN, page 8443:

     At the time the agreement on the determination of the duties of the common customs tariff for the products in List G was signed, the Member States, in Protocol XV of March 2, 1960, stated that they were favorably disposed toward the application, for lead and zinc, of Article 226 of the Treaty for the benefit of the Republic of Italy.

   • 2002, Joanna Apap, The Rights of Immigrant Workers in the European Union: An Evaluation of the EU Public Policy Process and the Legal Status of Labour Immigrants from the Maghreb Countries in the New Receiving States, Kluwer Law International, →ISBN, page 148:

     Naturalisation, a decree of the President of the Republic, only comes into effect when loyalty has been sworn to the Republic of Italy and to its President.

   • 2010, James A. R. Nafziger, Robert Kirkwood Paterson, Alison Dundes Renteln, Cultural Law: International, Comparative, and Indigenous, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 382:

     The Government of the United States of America shall offer for return to the Government of the Republic of Italy any material on the Designated List forfeited to the Government of the United States of America.

References

• “Change of name of country”, United Nations, 2003 July 16: “By instructions of the Italian Government, the English name of the “Italian Republic” should be changed to ‘Republic of Italy”.”
• “Official Names of the United Nations Membership”, in un.int, United Nations, 2022 February 18 (last accessed), page 2: “Republic of Italy”.