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etna

/ˈɛtnə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.65 in modern English

Syllables
et-na
IPA
/ˈɛtnə/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.

name

A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.

name

A river that flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipalities, Innlandet, Norway.

name

A female given name from Irish.

noun

A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.

Archaic

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Aetna, Etna, Αἴτνη, -, *h₂eydʰ-, Eithne

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ætna (alternative, archaic) etnas (plural)

Derived Forms

etna Etnean

Synonyms

Mount Etna bunsen burner bunsen

Homonyms

Aetna etna

Rhymes With

aetna gretna

Questions

How do you pronounce etna?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛtnə/.
What does etna mean?
An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania.
Where does etna come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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