- See also: List of Italian-American neighborhoods
Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood.
List of Little Italys
Canada
- Little Italy, Calgary, in Alberta
- Little Italy, Edmonton, in Alberta
- Little Italy, Hamilton, in Ontario
- Little Italy, Montreal, in Quebec
- Little Italy (Ottawa), in Ontario
- Little Italy, Toronto, in Ontario
- Little Italy (Vancouver), in British Columbia
- Little Italy, Winnipeg, in Manitoba
United States
- Little Italy, Brier Hill, in Youngstown,Ohio
- Little Italy, Baltimore, in Maryland
- North End, Boston, in Massachusetts
- Little Italy, The Bronx, in New York City
- Little Italy, Cleveland, in Ohio
- Little Italy, Chicago, in Illinois
- Little Italy, Hartford, in Connecticut
- Little Italy, Manhattan, in New York City
- Little Italy, Niagara Falls, in New York
- Little Italy (Omaha), in Nebraska
- Little Italy, Paterson, in New Jersey
- Little Italy, San Diego, California
- Little Italy, Syracuse, in New York
- Little Italy, Troy, in New York
- Little Italy, Wilmington, in Delaware
- Little Italy, South Des Moines, in Iowa
- Little Italy, Altoona, in Pennsylvania
- Little Italy, Connellsville, in Pennsylvania
- Little Italy, in West Virginia
- Little Italy, New Haven, in Connecticut
- Little Italy, Buffalo, in New York
- Little Italy, Waterbury, in Connecticut
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Other Italian neighborhoods
Some Italian neighborhoods may have other names, but are colloquially referred to as "Little Italy," including:
Australia
Canada
Costa Rica
San Vito, Coto Brus
United Kingdom
United States
- North Beach, San Francisco, California
- Thompsonville (Enfield), in Connecticut
- Town Plot in Waterbury, Connecticut
- Wooster Square in New Haven, Connecticut
- Heat of Little Italy, Chicago, Illinois
- Little Sicily, Chicago, Illinois
- Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois
- North Harlem Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
- Independence, Louisiana
- North End, Boston, Massachusetts
- The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri
- North East, Kansas City, Missouri and, formerly The North End
- Seventh Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
- Arthur Avenue, Bronx/Belmont, Bronx, New York
- Endicott, New York
- East Rochester, New York, referred to as "Little Italy of Rochester" although discussions are to officially label Midtown as "Little Italy"
- Sections of South Bronx, New York
- Upper North Side, Buffalo, New York, though Little Italy used to be considered the West Side of the city
- Schenectady, New York, proposed "Little Italy" from Hillary Clinton, to run through sections of downtown
- Utica, New York, East Side considered to be city's "Little Italy"
- Brier Hill, Youngstown, Ohio
- The Italian Market (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania
- South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Bloomfield (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
- Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island
- Johnston, Rhode Island has the highest percentage of Italian Americans of any municipality in the country.
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Other uses
In the Leslie Nielsen TV series Police Squad and film series The Naked Gun, the creators usually managed to work in a reference to the police car supposedly driving through the "Little Italy" section of the city. Invariably the scene would be accompanied by a rear-projected shot of the Roman Colosseum.
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