etna

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Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
5
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈɛtnə/

Definition of etna

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania.
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name

  1. An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania.
  2. A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
  3. A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
  4. A river that flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipalities, Innlandet, Norway.
  5. A female given name from Irish.
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:Etna.”

noun

  1. (archaic)A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
    “There should certainly be an etna for getting a hot cup of coffee in a hurry.”

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Etymology

From the Latin Aetna, perhaps via the Italian Etna. From either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aið-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Aetna.

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