Etna

See also: etna

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtnə/
• Homophones: Aetna, etna

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• Ætna (archaic)

Proper noun

Etna

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

   Synonym: (in full) Mount Etna

2. A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
3. A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.

Derived terms

• etna
• Etnean

Translations

volcano in Sicily, Italy

• Arabic: جَبَل النَار m (jabal an-nār), جَبَل إِتْنَا m (jabal ʔitnā)
• Armenian: Էտնա (hy) (Ētna)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 埃特納火山／埃特纳火山 (oi¹ dak⁶ naap⁶ fo² saan¹)

  Mandarin: 埃特納火山／埃特纳火山 (zh) (Āitènà Huǒshān)

• Esperanto: Etno
• French: Etna (fr) m
• German: Ätna (de) m
• Greek: Αίτνα (el) f (Aítna)

  Ancient: Αἴτνη f (Aítnē)

  Ancient Greek: Αἴτνα f (Aítna)

• Italian: Etna (it) m, Mongibello m
• Japanese: エトナ火山 (エトナかざん, Etona-kazan)
• Korean: 에트나 산 (Eteuna san)
• Latin: Aetna f
• Marathi: एटना f (eṭnā)
• Old English: Etna m or f
• Polish: Etna (pl) f
• Russian: Э́тна (ru) f (Étna)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Е̏тна f

  Roman: Ȅtna (sh) f

• Sicilian: Etna m, Muncibbeḍḍu m, (especially around its area) Muntagna f
• Spanish: Etna (es) m
• Ukrainian: Е́тна f (Étna)

town in Maine, USA

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃特納／埃特纳 (Āitènà)

• Marathi: एटना (eṭnā)

Further reading

• Mount Etna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Etna, Maine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From the Norwegian Etna. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Proper noun

Etna

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

Translations

river in Oppland, Norway

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃特納河／埃特纳河 (Āitènà Hé)

• Marathi: एटना f (eṭnā)

Further reading

• Etna (river) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Proper noun

Etna

1. A female given name from Irish
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Etna.

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃特娜 (Āitènà)

• Marathi: एटना f (eṭnā)

Further reading

• Eithne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tane, ante, ta'en, anet, NEAT, Aten, Neat, neta, Etan, ante-, Nate, neat, Tean, Ante, Tena

Italian

Mount Etna with the city of Catania in the foreground

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛt.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛtna
• Hyphenation: Èt‧na

Proper noun

Etna m

1. Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

   Synonym: Mongibello

Derived terms

• etneo

Proper noun

Etna f

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aetna (Sicilian nymph)
2. (historical) Aetna (ancient Sicilian city)

Proper noun

Etna m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024

Anagrams

• -ante, ante, ante-, nate, tane

Old English

Alternative forms

• Etne, Ætne

Etymology

Latin Aetna

Proper noun

Etna m or f

1. Etna (volcano in Sicily, Italy)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Etna”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Portuguese

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.nɐ/, /ˈɛt͡ʃ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.nɐ/, /ˈɛt͡ʃ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛt͡ʃ.na/, /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tnɐ/, /ˈɛ.tɨ.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: Et‧na

Proper noun

Etna m

1. Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

Proper noun

Etna f

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aetna (Sicilian nymph)
2. (historical) Aetna (ancient Sicilian city)