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  • proper noun Any ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood.

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Examples

  • And he showed up in a neighborhood that we referred to as Little Italy in Wilmington, Delaware, and drew a crowd.

    CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2009 2009

  • It was cold but sunny on Saturday, so we walked; our stroll took us through parts of Chinatown and also Little Italy, which is sort of surrounded on all sides by Chinatown.

    I ♥ NY 2008

  • You know, I used to -- when I was governor of my home state, I used to go to a place called Little Italy to eat spaghetti in a town called Slovak, to meet with the farmers -- that came there in the 1848 revolution.

    Remarks By The President At Dnc Hispanic Dinner ITY National Archives 1999

  • "This is a hallmark event as we celebrate our IAHF 35th Anniversary and 30 th Annual Family Festa in our new location, beautiful Guadalupe River Park; Even more significant, the event location brings us back to the original River Street district, where Italians immigrated in the late 1800's and now called Little Italy, San Jose," said Ken

    Business Wire Travel News 2010

  • He moved in with an older sister on 187th Street in Belmont, the neighborhood known as the Little Italy of the Bronx.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Just like many other American cities they have neighborhoods called Little Italy or

    e-Travel Blackboard 2010

  • Little Italy is now hosting a farmer's market which is appropriately titled Little Italy Mercato.

    San Diego News 2009

  • Little Italy is now hosting a farmer's market which is appropriately titled Little Italy Mercato.

    San Diego News 2009

  • Little Italy is now hosting a farmer's market which is appropriately titled Little Italy Mercato.

    San Diego News 2009

  • Little Italy is now hosting a farmer's market which is appropriately titled Little Italy Mercato.

    San Diego News 2009

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