But, though the phrase Italia irredenta was originally interpreted as referring only to the Trentino and Trieste, it has gradually assumed, in the course of years, a broader significance, until now it includes all that portion of the Tyrol lying south of the Brenner, the Carso plateau, Trieste and its immediate hinterland, the entire Istrian Peninsula, the Hungarian port of Fiume, and the whole of Dalmatia and Albania.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell
The only part of them that could possibly procure allied sympathy was that which would recover the genuine Italia irredenta.
"Public Opinion"
Walter Lippmann
The Italian Nationalists saw in Austria the former oppressor, and still raised the cry of Italia irredenta for the recovery of the Italian districts of Tyrol, Istria, and Dalmatia.
"The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)"
John Holland Rose