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'''Little Italy''' is a general name for an [[ethnic enclave]] populated primarily by [[Italians]] or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an [[Urban area|urban]] [[neighborhood]]. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the [[Italian culture]]. There are shops selling Italian goods as well as Italian restaurants lining the streets. A "Little Italy" strives essentially to have a version of the country of Italy placed in the middle of a large non-Italian city. This sort of enclave is often the result of periods of immigration in the past, during which people of the same culture settled together in certain areas. As cities modernized and grew, these areas became known for their ethnic associations, and ethnic neighborhoods like "Little Italy" blossomed, becoming the icons they are today.
'''Little Italy''' is the catch-all name for an [[ethnic enclave]] populated primarily by [[Italians]] or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an [[Urban area|urban]] [[neighborhood]]. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the [[Italian culture]]. There are shops selling Italian goods as well as [[Italian restaurants]] lining the streets. A "Little Italy" strives essentially to have a version of the country of Italy placed in the middle of a large non-Italian city. This sort of enclave is often the result of periods of [[Italian immigration]], during which people of the same culture settled or were ostracized and segregated together in certain areas. As cities modernized and grew, these areas became known for their ethnic associations, and ethnic neighborhoods like "Little Italy" blossomed, becoming the areas they are today.


==List of Little Italys==
==List of Little Italys==
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* [[Little Italy, London|Little Italy]] in [[Clerkenwell]], [[London]].
* [[Little Italy, London|Little Italy]] in [[Clerkenwell]], [[London]].
* The area around [[Wardour Street]] and [[Old Compton Street]] in [[Soho]], [[London]] used to be known as Little Italy.<ref>{{cite book |title=Little Italy |year=2008 |publisher=Camden Local Studios and Archives Centre |isbn=9781900846219 |pages=1–60}}</ref>
* The area around [[Wardour Street]] and [[Old Compton Street]] in [[Soho]], [[London]] used to be known as Little Italy.<ref>{{cite book |title=Little Italy |year=2008 |publisher=Camden Local Studios and Archives Centre |isbn=9781900846219 |pages=1–60}}</ref>
* [[Ancoats]] in [[Manchester]] used to be known as little Italy.<ref>{{cite web |title=envenuti to Ancoats Little Italy, Manchester, England, UK |url=https://www.ancoatslittleitaly.com/page2.html |website=Manchester's Ancoats Little Italy}}</ref>
* [[Ancoats]] in [[Manchester]] used to be known as Little Italy.<ref>{{cite web |title=envenuti to Ancoats Little Italy, Manchester, England, UK |url=https://www.ancoatslittleitaly.com/page2.html |website=Manchester's Ancoats Little Italy}}</ref>
* The area around [[Scotland Road|Scotland road]] in [[Liverpool]] used to be known as Little Italy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liverpool's Italian Families |url=http://liverpoolsitalianfamilies.weebly.com/ |website=Liverpool's Italian Families}}</ref>
* The area around [[Scotland Road|Scotland road]] in [[Liverpool]] used to be known as Little Italy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liverpool's Italian Families |url=http://liverpoolsitalianfamilies.weebly.com/ |website=Liverpool's Italian Families}}</ref>
* The area around Fazeley Street in [[Digbeth]] in [[Birmingham]] used to be known as Little Italy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Italy/ The Italian Quarter |url=https://billdargue.jimdofree.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-l/little-italy/ |website=billdargue.jimdofree.com}}</ref>
* The area around Fazeley Street in [[Digbeth]] in [[Birmingham]] used to be known as Little Italy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Italy/ The Italian Quarter |url=https://billdargue.jimdofree.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-l/little-italy/ |website=billdargue.jimdofree.com}}</ref>
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===United States===
===United States===
[[File:Dancing of the Giglio - Giglio di Belmont 2014 - Little Italy, Bronx, New York.jpg|thumb|right|[[Arthur Avenue]], a Little Italy in [[the Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]]]]
[[File:Dancing of the Giglio - Giglio di Belmont 2014 - Little Italy, Bronx, New York.jpg|thumb|right|[[Arthur Avenue]], a Little Italy in [[the Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]]]]
[[File:Mulberry Street NYC c1900 LOC 3g04637u edit.jpg|thumb|[[Little Italy, Manhattan]], New York, ca.1900.]]
[[File:Little Italy, New York-L1002082.jpg|thumb|[[Mulberry Street (Manhattan)|Mulberry Street]] in [[Little Italy, Manhattan]], New York, at night]]
{{See also|List of Italian-American neighborhoods}}
{{See also|List of Italian-American neighborhoods}}
*Several Little Italys exist in [[New York City]], including but not limited to:
*Several Little Italys exist in [[New York City]], including but not limited to:
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**[[Arthur Avenue|Arthur Avenue, Bronx]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/bronx/news/2018/12/11/holy-cannoli--little-italy-thrives-in-the-bronx|title=Holy Cannoli: Little Italy Thrives in the Bronx|website=www.ny1.com}}</ref>
**[[Arthur Avenue|Arthur Avenue, Bronx]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/bronx/news/2018/12/11/holy-cannoli--little-italy-thrives-in-the-bronx|title=Holy Cannoli: Little Italy Thrives in the Bronx|website=www.ny1.com}}</ref>
**[[Morris Park, Bronx]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/realestate/30livi.html|title=Another Little Italy, With Scant Parking to Match|first=Jennifer|last=Bleyer|date=30 December 2007|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
**[[Morris Park, Bronx]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/realestate/30livi.html|title=Another Little Italy, With Scant Parking to Match|first=Jennifer|last=Bleyer|date=30 December 2007|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
**[[Bensonhurst, Brooklyn]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bklyner.com/italian-americans-open-arms-to-all-at-il-centro/|title=Italian-Americans Welcome Neighbors With Open Arms At Il Centro - BKLYNER|website=bklyner.com}}</ref>
**[[Bensonhurst, Brooklyn]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bklyner.com/italian-americans-open-arms-to-all-at-il-centro/|title=Italian-Americans Welcome Neighbors With Open Arms At Il Centro - BKLYNER|website=bklyner.com|date=28 November 2018 }}</ref>
**[[Dyker Heights, Brooklyn]]
**[[Dyker Heights, Brooklyn]]
**[[Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn]]
**[[Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn]]
**[[Williamsburg, Brooklyn#Italian-American community and Our Lady of Mount Carmel|Italian Williamsburg, Brooklyn]]
**[[Italian Williamsburg]], [[Brooklyn]]
**[[Ozone Park, Queens]]
**[[Ozone Park, Queens]]
**[[Howard Beach, Queens]]
**[[Howard Beach, Queens]]
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** Areas of [[West Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|West Kensington]]
** Areas of [[West Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|West Kensington]]
*[[New England]]:
*[[New England]]:
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**Little Italy, [[Millinocket, Maine]]
**[[North End, Boston]], in [[Massachusetts]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/guide/a-guide-to-bostons-little-italy-the-north-end/|title=A Guide To Boston's Little Italy: The North End|date=2 March 2011}}</ref>
**[[North End, Boston]], in [[Massachusetts]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/guide/a-guide-to-bostons-little-italy-the-north-end/|title=A Guide To Boston's Little Italy: The North End|date=2 March 2011}}</ref>
**[[Little Italy, Bridgeport]], in [[Connecticut]]
**[[Little Italy, Bridgeport]], in [[Connecticut]]
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**[[Little Italy, Syracuse]], in New York
**[[Little Italy, Syracuse]], in New York
**Little Italy, [[Poughkeepsie, New York]]
**Little Italy, [[Poughkeepsie, New York]]
**Little Italy, [[Troy, New York]]
**[[Mansion Historic District | Mansion Hill]], Albany, New York
*[[Pennsylvania]]:
*[[Pennsylvania]]:
**[[Bloomfield (Pittsburgh)|Bloomfield, Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania
**[[Bloomfield (Pittsburgh)|Bloomfield, Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania
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===Republic of Ireland===
===Republic of Ireland===
*Italian Quarter, [[Dublin]]
*[[Italian Quarter, Dublin|The Italian Quarter, Dublin]]
* Little Italy, Dublin. An Italian migrant quarter that existed in the vicinity of Werburgh Street.<ref name = CHTM>{{Cite web|last=Fallon|first=Donal|date=2018-04-30|title=Dublin's Little Italy|url=https://comeheretome.com/2018/04/30/dublins-little-italy/|access-date=2023-08-08|website=comeheretome.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name = JA>{{Cite web|last=Appleton|first=James|date=2019-12-08|title=Where to Find Italy in Dublin|url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/where-find-italy-dublin|access-date=2023-08-08|website=italymagazine.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Sweden===
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*Little Italy, [[Gothenburg]]


==Other Italian neighborhoods==
==Other Italian neighborhoods==
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*[[New Farm, Queensland|New Farm]] in [[Brisbane]]
*[[New Farm, Queensland|New Farm]] in [[Brisbane]]
*[[New Italy, New South Wales]]
*[[New Italy, New South Wales]]
*[[Griffith, New South Wales]]


===Brazil===
===Brazil===
*[[Mooca (district of São Paulo)|Mooca, São Paulo]]
*[[Mooca (district of São Paulo)|Mooca, São Paulo]]
*[[Bela Vista (district of São Paulo)|Bixiga, São Paulo]]
*[[Bela Vista (district of São Paulo)|Bixiga, São Paulo]]
*[[Jundiaí|Jundiaí, São Paulo state]]
*[[Landmarks in Curitiba#Santa Felicidade|Santa Felicidade, Curitiba, Paraná]]
*[[Landmarks in Curitiba#Santa Felicidade|Santa Felicidade, Curitiba, Paraná]]
*[[Savassi|Savassi, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais]]
*[[Savassi|Savassi, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais]]
*[[Antonio Prado|Antonio Prado, Rio Grande do Sul]]


===Canada===
===Canada===
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===Kenya===
===Kenya===
*[[Malindi District]], Kilifi County
*[[Malindi District]], Kilifi County

===Mexico===
*[[Chipilo]], [[Puebla]]
*[[Colonia Manuel Gonzalez]], [[Veracruz]]
*[[La Merced barrio, Mexico City]]
*[[Colonia Roma]], [[Mexico City]]
*[[Gutierrez Zamora]], [[Veracruz]]
*[[Colonia Diez Gutierrez]], [[San Luis Potosi]]
*[[San Pedro Garza García|San Pedro]] ([[Monterrey]]), [[Nuevo Leon]]
*[[Nueva Italia, Michoacán]]
*[[Lombardia]], [[Michoacán]]
*[[Arandas, Jalisco]]
*[[Playa del Carmen]], [[Quintana Roo]]


===South Africa===
===South Africa===
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*[[Pompano Beach]], a section is partially an Italian neighborhood
*[[Pompano Beach]], a section is partially an Italian neighborhood
*Taylor Street Archives, Chicago, Illinois (The port-of-call for Chicago's Italian Americans)
*Taylor Street Archives, Chicago, Illinois (The port-of-call for Chicago's Italian Americans)
*Heat of Little Italy, Chicago, Illinois
*Heart of Italy, Chicago, Illinois
*Little Sicily, Chicago, Illinois
*Little Sicily, Chicago, Illinois
*Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois
*Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois
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*[[Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C.]]
*[[Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C.]]
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*

===Venezuela===
*Turen ([[Portuguesa (state)|Colonia Turen]])


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Italian diaspora]]
* [[Italian diaspora]]
* [[Ethnic enclave]]
* [[Ethnic enclave]]
*[[Chinatown]]
* [[Chinatown]]


==References==
==References==
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{{commons category|Little Italys}}
{{commons category|Little Italys}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Buzzelli|first1=Michael|title=From Little Britain to Little Italy: an urban ethnic landscape study in Toronto|journal=Journal of Historical Geography|date=2001|volume=27|issue=4|pages=573–587|doi=10.1006/jhge.2001.0355|s2cid=55546856 |url=https://semanticscholar.org/paper/7a0665b4f751f7af43d865c5c516b83de8a21736}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Buzzelli|first1=Michael|title=From Little Britain to Little Italy: an urban ethnic landscape study in Toronto|journal=Journal of Historical Geography|date=2001|volume=27|issue=4|pages=573–587|doi=10.1006/jhge.2001.0355|s2cid=55546856 }}
* Frunza, Bogdana Simina. ''Streetscape and Ethnicity: New York's Mulberry Street and the Redefinition of the Italian American Ethnic Identity'' (ProQuest, 2008)
* Frunza, Bogdana Simina. ''Streetscape and Ethnicity: New York's Mulberry Street and the Redefinition of the Italian American Ethnic Identity'' (ProQuest, 2008)
* {{cite journal|last1=Gabaccia|first1= Donna R.|title=Inventing 'Little Italy'|journal= Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era|date=2007|pages= 7–41|jstor=25144462|volume=6|issue=1|doi= 10.1017/S1537781400001596|s2cid= 162485743}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Gabaccia|first1= Donna R.|title=Inventing 'Little Italy'|journal= Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era|date=2007|pages= 7–41|jstor=25144462|volume=6|issue=1|doi= 10.1017/S1537781400001596|s2cid= 162485743}}

Latest revision as of 10:18, 1 December 2024

For other uses, see Little Italy (disambiguation).

World map of first level subdivisions (states, counties, provinces, etc.) that are home to Little Italys or Italian neighbourhoods

Little Italy is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the Italian culture. There are shops selling Italian goods as well as Italian restaurants lining the streets. A "Little Italy" strives essentially to have a version of the country of Italy placed in the middle of a large non-Italian city. This sort of enclave is often the result of periods of Italian immigration, during which people of the same culture settled or were ostracized and segregated together in certain areas. As cities modernized and grew, these areas became known for their ethnic associations, and ethnic neighborhoods like "Little Italy" blossomed, becoming the areas they are today.

List of Little Italys

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Australia

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Canada

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Little Italy in Ottawa
Sign of College Street, centre of Little Italy, Toronto

New Zealand

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United Kingdom

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United States

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Arthur Avenue, a Little Italy in the Bronx, New York
Mulberry Street in Little Italy, Manhattan, New York, at night
See also: List of Italian-American neighborhoods

Republic of Ireland

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Other Italian neighborhoods

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Some Italian neighborhoods may have other names, but are colloquially referred to as "Little Italy," including:

Argentina

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Australia

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Brazil

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Canada

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Chile

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Kenya

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South Africa

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United Kingdom

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United States

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See also: List of Italian-American neighborhoods

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Island Bay Amore Mio". www.maritimemuseum.co.nz.
  3. ^ "The Dellabarca family, Island Bay – Italians – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand".
  4. ^ "ISLAND BAY LITTLE ITALY". ISLAND BAY LITTLE ITALY.
  5. ^ Little Italy. Camden Local Studios and Archives Centre. 2008. pp. 1–60. ISBN 9781900846219.
  6. ^ "envenuti to Ancoats Little Italy, Manchester, England, UK". Manchester's Ancoats Little Italy.
  7. ^ "Liverpool's Italian Families". Liverpool's Italian Families.
  8. ^ "Little Italy/ The Italian Quarter". billdargue.jimdofree.com.
  9. ^ "Holy Cannoli: Little Italy Thrives in the Bronx". www.ny1.com.
  10. ^ Bleyer, Jennifer (30 December 2007). "Another Little Italy, With Scant Parking to Match" – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ "Italian-Americans Welcome Neighbors With Open Arms At Il Centro - BKLYNER". bklyner.com. 28 November 2018.
  12. ^ Hughes, C. J. (26 April 2017). "Rosebank, Staten Island: A Little Italy, Trying Not to Shrink" – via NYTimes.com.
  13. ^ "A Guide To Boston's Little Italy: The North End". 2 March 2011.
  14. ^ Reisman, Lisa (4 January 2019). "Branford teacher remembers Little Italy in New Haven's Wooster Square in pictorial book". New Haven Register.
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  16. ^ "Little Italy is being made more liveable". YOURERIE. 20 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Celebrate 150 years of North Beach in San Francisco". USA TODAY.
  18. ^ Mariani, John. "Best Of The Midwest: Eating Around St. Louis, Part Two". Forbes.
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  20. ^ Appleton, James (8 December 2019). "Where to Find Italy in Dublin". italymagazine.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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  24. ^ "Italian immigrants in Scotland". BBC Bitesize.

Further reading

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Little Italys.
  • Buzzelli, Michael (2001). "From Little Britain to Little Italy: an urban ethnic landscape study in Toronto". Journal of Historical Geography. 27 (4): 573–587. doi:10.1006/jhge.2001.0355. S2CID 55546856.
  • Frunza, Bogdana Simina. Streetscape and Ethnicity: New York's Mulberry Street and the Redefinition of the Italian American Ethnic Identity (ProQuest, 2008)
  • Gabaccia, Donna R. (2007). "Inventing 'Little Italy'". Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 6 (1): 7–41. doi:10.1017/S1537781400001596. JSTOR 25144462. S2CID 162485743.
  • Gabaccia, Donna R. (2006). "Global Geography of 'Little Italy': Italian Neighbourhoods in Comparative Perspective" (PDF). Modern Italy. 11 (1): 9–24. doi:10.1080/13532940500489510. S2CID 56372320.
  • Harney, Robert F. "Toronto's Little Italy, 1885-1945." in Robert F. Harney and J. Vincenza Scarpaci, eds. Little Italies in North America (1981): 41-62.
  • Immerso, Michael. Newark's little Italy: The vanished first ward (Rutgers University Press, 1999).
  • Juliani, Richard N. Building Little Italy: Philadelphia's Italians Before Mass Migration (Penn State Press, 2005)
  • Pozzetta, George E. "The Mulberry District of New York City: The Years before World War One." in Robert F. Harney and J. Vincenza Scarpaci, eds. Little Italies in North America (Toronto: The Multicultural History Society of Ontario, 1979) pp: 7-40.
  • Sandler, Gilbert. The Neighborhood: The Story of Baltimore's Little Italy (Bodine & Associates, 1974).
  • Worrall, Janet E. (2004). "The impact of the Ku Klux Klan and prohibition on Denver's little Italy". Journal of the West. 43 (4): 32–40.
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