English

Mount Etna with the city of Catania in the foreground

Alternative forms

• Ætna

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛtnə/

Proper noun

Etna

1. (frequently, more fully, Mount Etna) An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Catania, between Messina and Catania.
   • 1727, Edward Young, The Universal Passion, satire VI: “On Women”, verse 5, lines 43–48 (page 127):

     ZARA reſembles Ætna crown’d with Snows; // Without ſhe freezes, and within ſhe glows; // Twice ere the Sun deſcends, with Zeal inspir’d, // From the vain Converſe of the World retir’d, // She reads the Pſalms and Chapters for the Day // In ------ Cleopatra, or the laſt new Play.

2. A town in Penobscot County, Maine, USA.

Translations

External links

• Mount Etna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Etna, Maine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From the Norwegian Etna.

Proper noun

Etna

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

Translations

External links

• Etna (river) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne.

Proper noun

Etna

1. A female given name

Translations

External links

• Eithne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ante, Nate, neat

Portuguese

Proper noun

Etna f

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aetna (Sicilian nymph)
2. (historical) Aetna (ancient Sicilian city)

Proper noun

Etna m

1. Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

English

Noun

etna ‎(plural etnas)

1. 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. — V. Baker.