a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language; one of two or more cognate languages… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
Italy - Unification, Risorgimento, Cost: Italy won the war, therefore, but at a huge cost: some 600,000 dead, 950,000 wounded, and a legacy of bitterness and division. The victorious patriots and nationalists now detested parliament, where the Giolittian majority had never supported the war, although they defended the idea of the nation and the war record of the Italian army. Many workers, peasants, Socialists, and trade unionists were disgusted by the costs of the conflict and were inspired ...| Encyclopedia Britannica
consisting of or resembling a romance; having no basis in fact : imaginary; impractical in conception or plan : visionary… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also : the characteristic features of everyday existence (such as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
