How did the country Italy get it's origin and why was it named Italy?

Question

How did the country Italy get it's origin and why was it named Italy?

Answer 1

I read somewhere that it was named after a tribe that lived in Central Italy

sorry I can't give a better answer

Answer 2

Unification of the Italian peninsula to form the present day nation of Italy: "The Risorgimento was the political and social process that unified different states of the Italian peninsula into the single nation of Italy.

It is difficult to pin down exact dates for the beginning and end of Italian reunification, but most scholars agree that it began with the end of Napoleonic rule and the Congress of Vienna in 1815, and approximately ended with the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, though the last 'città irredente' did not join the Kingdom of Italy until the Italian victory in World War I."

Named for the Italic tribes of Central Italy: "The name Italy (Italia) is an ancient name for the country and people of Central Italy. Its origin is clear: the name Italia was imposed upon the Roman Republic by the conquering Italic tribes of the contemporary Abruzzo region, centering in the area of Corfinium (Corfinio). Coins bearing the name Italia were minted by an alliance of Italic tribes (Sabines, Samnites, Umbrians and others) competing with Rome in the 1st century BC."