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Victor Emanuel II

Victor Emanuel II

7.8
The first king who finished making Italy one country by adding Venice and Rome
  • proper noun
: Víctor Manuel II
  • Victor Emanuel II became the first king of a united Italy in 1861.

Examples

  • The acquisition of Venice and Rome was achieved during the reign of Victor Emanuel II.

  • Many monuments in Italy are dedicated to Victor Emanuel II for his role in the country's unification.

  • King Victor Emanuel II played a crucial role in Italian history.

  • Did Victor Emanuel II really unify Italy?

  • Victor Emanuel II became the first king of a united Italy in 1861.

  • Many monuments in Italy are dedicated to Victor Emanuel II for his role in the country's unification.

  • The acquisition of Venice and Rome was achieved during the reign of Victor Emanuel II.

Synonyms

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
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A king who helped make Italy one country by adding Venice and Rome

is the shorter less formal form with alternate spelling

Surface Forms

Victor Emanuel II main

Morphology

Victor + Emanuel + II

This is a proper name (personal name plus a regnal/ordinal numeral). Knowing 'Victor' and 'Emanuel' and that 'II' means 'the second' only indicates a person who is the second of that name, but gives no information that this person was the king of Italy or completed Italian unification. The specific historical/encyclopedic meaning is not derivable from the constituent words, so it is opaque to learners.

Etymology

Victor Emanuel II is the name of the man who became the 'first king' of a united Italy in 1861. He helped bring many separate states together and took Venice and Rome, so his name now stands for the king who 'united Italy'.