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etna

/ˈɛtnə/

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

Noun

etna (plural etnas)

  1. (archaic) A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
    • There should certainly be an etna for getting a hot cup of coffee in a hurry.1877, James Baker, Turkey in Europe

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Etna

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) capitalized: Etna

Etna

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

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Etna

Etna

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

Synonyms of etna

Forms of etna

Noun
pluraletnas
Proper noun
alternative form (archaic)Ætna

Origin of etna

After Mount Etna in Sicily.

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.

From the Norwegian Etna.

Words formed from etna

Phrases with etna

Questions about etna

What does etna mean?
Etna means a kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
What part of speech is etna?
Etna can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce etna?
Etna is pronounced /ˈɛtnə/.
What is the plural of etna?
The plural of etna is etnas.

Words near etna in the dictionary

  1. Etling
  2. Etlings
  3. ETLs
  4. etmopterid
  5. etmopterids
  6. etna
  7. etnas
  8. Etnean
  9. Etneans
  10. ETNO
  11. ETNOs

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