a large Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea to the west of Italy; pop. 1,671,001 (2008); capital, Cagliari. In 1720 it was joined with Savoy and Piedmont to form the kingdom of Sardinia; the kingdom formed the nucleus of the Risorgimento, becoming part of a unified Italy under Victor Emmanuel Ⅱ of Sardinia in 1861. Italian name
撒丁岛(地中海中属意大利的一个大岛,位于意大利以西,2008年人口1,671,001; 首府卡利亚里;1720年与萨伏依和皮德蒙特联合成为撒丁王国;该王国形成意大利复兴运动的中心,在维克多·伊曼纽尔二世统治时期于1861年成为统一意大利的一部分;意大利语名