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Tyrrhenia

Tyrrhenia proper noun: land areas around the Tyrrhenian Sea (Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy's west coast).

Proper noun

Tyrrhenia

  1. Land areas around the Tyrrhenian Sea (Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy's west coast).
  2. (historically) Etruria.
  3. A large landmass in the western Mediterranean basin.

Origin of Tyrrhenia

Via Latin Tyrrhēnia from Ancient Greek Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ (Turrhēnĭ́ā).

Questions about Tyrrhenia

What does Tyrrhenia mean?
Tyrrhenia means land areas around the Tyrrhenian Sea (Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy's west coast).
What part of speech is Tyrrhenia?
Tyrrhenia is a proper noun.

Words near Tyrrhenia in the dictionary

  1. tyrrellite
  2. Tyrrells
  3. Tyrrhene
  4. Tyrrhene Sea
  5. Tyrrhenes
  6. Tyrrhenia
  7. Tyrrhenian
  8. Tyrrhenian mole
  9. Tyrrhenian moles
  10. Tyrrhenian Sea
  11. Tyrrhenians

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