What is the Italian 'luntana' in English?

Answer 1

Distant or Far away may be English equivalents of 'luntana'. The word in Italian is the feminine form of an adjective whose masculine form is 'luntano'. They're pronounced 'loon-TAH-nah' and 'loon-TAH-noh', respectively.

But the two forms indicated here are actually examples of dialectical Italian. Particularly in the south, such as around the port city of Naples, or on the island of Sicily, native speakers may pronounce 'o' as 'u'. That's what's going on here. In standard Italian, the forms are 'lontana', which is pronounced 'lohn-TAH-nah'; and 'lontano', which is pronounced 'lohn-TAH-noh'.