Sardegna
Noun
Meaning
an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy
the Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century
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According to Alberto Areddu Le Origini "albanesi" della civiltà in Sardegna, Naples, 2007 the Sherden were of Illyrian origin, on the basis of some lexical elements, unanimously acknowledged as belonging to the indigenous Substrate.
After his graduation in law he collaborated with the newspaper La Nuova Sardegna and other Italian newspapers.
" (Carlo Baudi di Vesme, Considerazioni politiche ed economiche sulla Sardegna, 1848) importing solely Italian-speaking teachers from other regions, and Piedmontese cartographers replaced many Sardinian place names with Italian ones.
Dani Sordo surrendered 12 seconds on the last stage on Saturday, with the top three of WRC Rally Italia Sardegna fitting inside a minute at the finish line.
Girolamo Sotgiu (1984), Storia della Sardegna Sabauda, Editori Laterza Back then, Italian was a foreign language to Sardinians.
Giulio Paulis, Lingua e cultura nella Sardegna Bizantina, Sassari, 1983 Some toponyms, such as Jerzu (thought to derive from the Greek khérsos, "untilled" and the personal names Mikhaleis, Konstantine and Basilis) demonstrate Greek influence.