Etna
//ˈɛtnə// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp. archaic
"There should certainly be an etna for getting a hot cup of coffee in a hurry."
- 2 a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania.
- 2 A river that flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipalities, Innlandet, Norway.
- 3 A female given name from Irish.
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:Etna."
- 4 A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
- 5 A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
Example
More examples"Mount Etna has erupted, sending lava and ash plumes into the Sicilian sky."
Etymology
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.
Etymology 2
From the Norwegian Etna.
Etymology 3
Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne.
Etymology 4
After Mount Etna in Sicily.
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