campanilismo
Language: Italian · [kampaniˈlizmo] · Pronunciation: kahm-pah-nee-LEEZ-moh
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Meaning
loyalty to your own town above all others — parochialism
The story
The campanile is the bell tower, and campanilismo is loyalty to the one you can see from your window, often at the expense of the next town's. Italy spent centuries as a patchwork of city-states, and the football keeps the rivalries warm. English calls it parochialism.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Italian
- What does it literally say?
- Bell-tower-ism
- Where would you hear it?
- Two villages feuding over a saint
- What does it mean?
- Fierce loyalty to your own town
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