Etna
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From the Latin Aetna, perhaps via the Italian Etna. From either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I 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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Etna
- An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania.
- Synonym: (in full) Mount Etna
- A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
- A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
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- Mount Etna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Etna, Maine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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From the Norwegian Etna. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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Etna
- A river that flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipalities, Oppland, Norway.
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- Etna (river) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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Etna
- A female given name from Irish
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Etna.
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Borrowed from Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).
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Etna m
- Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)
- Synonym: Mongibello
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Etna f
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aetna (Sicilian nymph)
- (historical) Aetna (ancient Sicilian city)
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Etna m or f by sense
- a surname
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- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
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Etna m or f
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- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Etna”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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From Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).
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- Hyphenation: Et‧na
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Etna m
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Etna f