Editing Diplomat (section)

==Terminology==
[[File:UN Headquarters 2.jpg|thumb|The [[headquarters]] of the [[United Nations]] in [[New York City]], the world's largest international diplomatic organization.]]
The regular use of permanent diplomatic representation began in the states of 15th-century Italy. However the terms "diplomacy" and "diplomat" appeared during the [[French Revolution]]. "Diplomat" is derived from the Greek διπλωμάτης (''diplōmátēs''), the holder of a [[diploma]], referring to diplomats' documents of [[diplomatic accreditation|accreditation]] from their sovereign.<ref>{{cite book|author=S. Anderson, Matthew|title=The Rise of Modern Diplomacy, 1450–1919|date=1993|page=6}}</ref>

Diplomats themselves and historians often refer to the foreign ministry by its address: the Ballhausplatz (Vienna), the Quai d’Orsay (Paris), the Wilhelmstraße (Berlin); [[Itamaraty Palace|Itamaraty]] (from the former Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro, now transferred to Brasília since 1970) and Foggy Bottom (Washington). For imperial Russia to 1917 it was the Choristers' Bridge (St Petersburg). The Italian ministry was called "the Consulta".<ref>David Stevenson, "The Diplomats" in Jay Winter, ed. ''The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume II: The State'' (2014) vol 2 p 68.</ref>