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Etna.

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

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈɛtnə/
  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.

Where this word comes from

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.

name/ˈɛtnə/
  1. A river that flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipalities, Innlandet, Norway.

Where this word comes from

From the Norwegian Etna.

name/ˈɛtnə/
  1. A female given name from Irish.

Where this word comes from

Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne.

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