Etna

See also: etna

English

Pronunciation

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

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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
• 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, Muncibeḍḍu 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)

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)

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)

Further reading

• Eithne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

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)