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Etna.

Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɛt.na/

  1. Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed 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 *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

name/ˈɛt.na/

  1. Aetna (Sicilian nymph)

    Greek · Roman · feminine

  2. Aetna (ancient Sicilian city)

    feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed 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 *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

name/ˈɛt.na/

  1. a surname

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed 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 *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

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