Itáliába

Itáliába is a form used in Hungarian to express movement toward Italy. It is the illative case form of the proper noun Itália (the Italian name for Italy) and is attached with the illative suffix -ba/-be. In modern, everyday Hungarian the more common expression for “to Italy” is Olaszországba, the illative form of the standard country name Olaszország. Itáliába therefore appears mainly in older texts, in literary or stylistic contexts, or when the author wishes to evoke the Italian name rather than the Hungarian country name.

The construction follows Hungarian orthographic and phonological rules: Itália + -ba yields Itáliába, with the long á indicating the stressed syllable and the suffix -ba added after a consonant cluster that results from the stem Itáli-. The form is not a separate country name but a directional phrase referring to the destination Italy.

Usage examples include sentences such as “Jövő nyáron Itáliába utazom.” or “Itáliába megyek.” In contemporary prose, however, it is more common to use “Olaszországba” to denote travel to Italy, especially in neutral or formal writing.

Summary: Itáliába is the illative form of the Italian exonym Itália, used to mean “to Italy” in Hungarian, chiefly in stylistic or historical contexts. The standard contemporary counterpart for travel and directions is Olaszországba.