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Ætna

Ætna is the archaic spelling of Etna.

Meaning of Etna

Proper noun (1)

Etna

  1. An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania.
    Synonyms:
    Mount Etna
  2. A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
  3. A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.

Proper noun (2)

Etna

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

Proper noun (3)

Etna

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

See all 6 meanings of etna

Questions about Ætna

What is Ætna the archaic spelling of?
Ætna is the archaic spelling of Etna.

Words near Ætna in the dictionary

  1. ætiologics
  2. ætiologies
  3. ætiologist
  4. ætiologists
  5. ætiology
  6. Ætna
  7. Ætnean
  8. Ætneans
  9. Ætolia
  10. æviternity
  11. ævum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ætna (page history and authors); Etna (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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