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
Usage examples include sentences such as “Jövő nyáron Itáliába utazom.” or “Itáliába megyek.” In contemporary prose,
Summary: Itáliába is the illative form of the Italian exonym Itália, used to mean “to Italy” in