Type Region
Pronounced Pron. eh-MEE-lya(Italian) i-mee-lee-ə(English) ay-mee-lyə(English) eh-mee-lyə(English) EH-mee-leeah(Finnish) eh-MYEE-lya(Polish) eh-MEELYA(Spanish) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
From the Via Aemilia, itself from Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, the Roman consul who planned the road. This is the name of a traditional region of northern Italy, now contained in the modern political region of Emilia-romagna.