also: イタリヤ
Refers to the country Italy. The katakana form イタリア is standard; the ateji forms 伊太利 and 伊太利亜 are historical and very rare.
from Italian Italia
I plan to travel to Italy next year.
イタリア料理が大好きです。
I love Italian cuisine.
Ateji spelling; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Obsolete kana spelling; not used in contemporary Japanese.
Ateji spelling; rarely used in modern Japanese.