Home of the Eternal City (5)

I believe the answer is:

italy

(Other definitions for italy that I've seen before include "South European country" , "Problematical (informal)" , "Country of southern Europe" , "Catholic country" , "Rome is its capital" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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