irredenta , also: irridenta

An area that may be subjected to a potential claim is sometimes called an irredenta.

Among Greeks, northern Epirus was henceforth regarded as terra irredenta.

However nationalists saw their opportunity to gain their "irredenta" - that is, the border regions that were controlled by Austria.

Italian irredentist claims sought the return of these lands to Italian rule (Italia irredenta).

(see Italia irredenta)

The word was coined in Italy from the phrase Italia irredenta ("unredeemed Italy").

Following the armistice of June 22, 1940, two-thirds of the territory of the commune was annexed by Italy as terra irredenta.

He continued to advise caution on the issue of Transylvanian irredenta, rekindled by the Transylvanian Memorandum scandal.

Italia irredenta (Unredeemed Italy) was an Italian nationalist opinion movement that emerged after Italian unification.

Seara was also a platform for some disgruntled Romanians from Transylvania region, a Romanian irredenta under Austro-Hungarian rule.

An underground movement, known as Italia irredenta (Unredeemed Italy), demanded the unification of Gorizia with Italy.

Assuming victory against Germany and its allies, the Triple Entente promised Italy the following territorial gains (see Italia irredenta) at the end of the war:

He was also known for delivering an oratorical address entitled Malaysia Irredenta, where he advocated the unification of Southeast Asian nations with a common Malay origin.

This was a worrying problem because Francesco Crispi, one of the key architects of the Italian reunification, had called Malta "Italia irredenta" ("Unredeemed Italy").

A number of these prisoners were of Italian ethnicity, primarily from Trentino, Istria and Dalmatia (Italian nationalists considered these areas part of the Italia irredenta).

Nour was confident that, with the return of peace, Romania would still have an option to annex its Austrian irredenta: Transylvania, Bukovina, the Banat, Crişana and Maramureş.

In the late 19th century, after Italian unification, a nationalist movement had grown around the concept of Italia irredenta, which advocated the incorporation into Italy of Italian-speaking areas under foreign rule.

The liberation of Italia irredenta was perhaps the strongest motive for Italy's entry into World War I, and the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 satisfied many irredentist claims.

At an early stage in World War I, public opinion in neutral Romania was divided between the Entente Powers and the Central Powers, both of which held Romanian irredenta.

There he espoused a United Malay race - his Malaya Irredenta ideal (Malaya Irredenta was another name for Maphilindo).

He was privately enthusiastic about the turn of events, since he believed that Romania would recover at the same time some of its irredenta, claimed from the Russian Republic, and the territories held by the Central Powers.

The outcome of the First World War and the consequent settlement of the Treaty of Saint-Germain met some Italian claims, including many (but not all) of the aims of the 'Italia irredenta' party.

Italian Fascism is based upon Italian nationalism, and in particular seeks to complete what it considers as the incomplete project of Risorgimento by incorporating Italia Irredenta ("unredeemed Italy") into the state of Italy.

This idea of Italia irredenta is not to be confused with the Risorgimento, the historical events that led to irredentism, nor with nationalism or Imperial Italy, the political philosophy that took the idea further under fascism.

This situation gave rise to the idea that parts of Italy were still unredeemed, hence Italian irredentism became an important ideological component of the political life of the Kingdom of Italy: see Italia irredenta.