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Etna.

Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.nɐ/Brazil/ˈɛt͡ʃ.nɐ/Brazil/ˈɛt.nɐ/Portugal/ˈɛ.tɨ.nɐ/Portugal
  1. Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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”).

name/ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.nɐ/Brazil/ˈɛt͡ʃ.nɐ/Brazil/ˈɛt.nɐ/Portugal/ˈɛ.tɨ.nɐ/Portugal
  1. Aetna (Sicilian nymph)

    Greek · Roman · feminine
  2. Aetna (ancient Sicilian city)

    feminine · historical
Where this word comes from

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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