This word is used in the New Testament, (Acts 18:2; 27:1; Hebrews 13:24) in the usual sense of the period, i.e. in its true geographical sense, as denoting the whole natural peninsula between the Alps and the Straits of Messina.
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Italy
Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.