English Explanatory Dictionary

Etna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
name
  1. A river that flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipalities, Innlandet, Norway.
name
  1. A female given name from Irish.
noun
  1. A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛtnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Etna.wav

Word forms

Etna Ætna etnas

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.

Synonyms

Mount Etna

Derived words

etna Etnean
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