Category:Italian metonyms

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Newest and oldest pages 
Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. sulle spalle
  2. fianco
  3. poker
  4. ambra
  5. ingegno
  6. spogliatoio
  7. pariglia
  8. testata
  9. mannaia
  10. facchino
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. Palazzo Chigi
  2. Palazzo Farnese
  3. Palazzo Senatorio
  4. Palazzo Madama
  5. Palazzo della Consulta
  6. Palazzo Montecitorio
  7. Palazzo del Quirinale
  8. sulle spalle
  9. fianco
  10. ingegno

Italian terms whose origin involves calling a thing or concept not by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.