situata

Situata is the feminine singular past participle of the Italian verb situare, meaning to place or to locate. In Italian, situata is used as an adjective to describe the location of a feminine noun, indicating where something is relative to other landmarks. For example, la città situata sul fiume Po is described as the city located on the Po River. The form can appear in descriptive phrases and gazetteer entries to state the position of places, features, or boundaries.

Grammatically, situata agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number: situato (masculine singular), situata (feminine singular), situati (masculine plural), situate (feminine plural). It is commonly used with the auxiliary essere in compound tenses, as in la regione è situata nelle colline, meaning the region is situated in the hills. When used predicatively, the structure often resembles a passive or descriptive construction, as in la casa è situata in una zona tranquilla. Unlike noun forms, situata functions as an adjective or participial phrase rather than a standalone name.

Etymology traces situata to Latin situs, meaning place or position, with the suffix -ata marking a feminine past participle in agreement with a feminine noun. The term is widely used in formal writing, geography, architecture, and travel descriptions to convey location succinctly without restating explicit coordinates.

See also: situare, situazione.